cement

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈsi.mɛnt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete. countable,uncountable
    — In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
  2. The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries. uncountable
  3. Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout. uncountable
  4. A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — the cement of our love
  5. The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To affix with cement. transitive
  2. To overlay or coat with cement. transitive
    — to cement a cellar floor
  3. To unite firmly or closely. figuratively,transitive
    — For they have entertained cause enough To draw their swords: but how the fear of us May cement their divisions and bind up The petty difference, we yet not know.
  4. To make permanent. figuratively
    — But friendſhip is a calm and ſedate affection, conducted by reaſon and cemented by habit; ſpringing from long acquaintance and mutual obligations; without jealouſies or fears; and without thoſe feveriſh fits of heat and cold, which cauſe ſuch an agreeable torment in the amorous paſſion.

词形变化

cements plural caement alternative,archaic cæment alternative,archaic cements present,singular,third-person cementing participle,present cemented participle,past cemented past caement alternative,archaic cæment alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
asbestos cement cementable cemental cement arm cementation cement board cement car cement copper cementer cement hands cementhead cementite cementless cementlike cement mixer cementoclast cementoenamel cementogenic cementoid cementopathia cement shoes cement steel cement together cement works ferrocement ferro-cement fibre cement hydraulic cement iron cement Keene's cement Martin's cement masonry cement noncement Parian cement Portland cement re-cement recement Roman cement rubber cement uncement water cement
相关词
concrete

词源

词源 1
From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.
词源 2
From Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“to cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.
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