force

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /fɔːs/|/foːs/|/fɔəs/    美 /foːs/|/foɹs/|[fo̞ɹs]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A waterfall or cascade. Northern-England,countable
    — to see the falls or force of the river Kent
  2. Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect. countable,uncountable
    — the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract
  3. A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; The generalized abstraction of this concept. uncountable
    — Torque is the rotational version of force.
  4. A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; A particular form or type of force. countable
    — Most physicists deem there to be four fundamental forces: the weak force, the strong force, gravitation, and the electromagnetic force.
  5. A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; A particular form or type of force.; A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note. capitalized,countable,humorous,often,uncountable
    — The Europeans tried, my goodness how they tried. But on the day the US proved too strong and too inspired. They were, dammit, just better. And when Leonard's putt dropped they clearly had the force with them as well.
  6. A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; An instance of a physical force. countable
    — A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.
  7. A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).; Force understood as something of which there can be an amount. possibly,proscribed,uncountable
    — Heavier objects are those that are subject to more gravitational force.
  8. Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing. countable
  9. Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape. countable,uncountable
  10. Something that exerts influence. countable
    — force of nature
  11. Something that exerts influence.; Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness). countable,uncountable
    — I believe that the main long-term force that guides a society's evolution is not the economy or the leaders, but the culture.
  12. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. uncountable
    — which now they hold by force, and not by right
  13. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.; Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion. countable,uncountable
  14. A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group). countable
    — air force; police force
  15. A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).; Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement. countable,uncountable
  16. A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).; Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether. countable,plural,singular,uncountable
    — After only a week, Japanese forces had captured Singapore from the British.
  17. A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).; Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.; Synonym of police force. countable,plural,singular,uncountable,usually
    — Q. All the time that he was on the force? A. I cannot say that; but there were men on with me when I was on the force who were very good Republicans. Q. During all this time you have been on the police force?
  18. The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,. uncountable
    — The law will come into force in January.
  19. A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person. countable
  20. Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning. countable,uncountable
    — When the aspectual force of the verbal categories weakens, the 'terminative', punctual or determinative value of the prefix gains in importance,...
  21. The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint. countable,uncountable
    — force of mortality
动词 v.
  1. To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will. transitive
    — Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
  2. To stuff; to lard; to farce.
    — Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit.
  3. To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of. transitive
    — Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine?
  4. To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb). transitive
    — It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay / That scarce the victor forced the steel away.
  5. To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force. transitive
    — The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.
  6. To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.). transitive
    — I forgot my keys in and so we had to force (open) the door.
  7. To violate (a woman); to rape. transitive
    — For yf ye were suche fyfty as ye be / ye were not able to make resystence ageynst this deuyl / here lyeth a duchesse deede the whiche was the fayrest of alle the world wyf to syre Howel / duc of Bretayne / he hath murthred her in forcynge her / and has slytte her vnto the nauyl
  8. To exert oneself, to do one's utmost. intransitive,obsolete,reflexive
    — And I pray you for my sake to force yourselff there, that men may speke you worshyp.
  9. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
  10. To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground. transitive
    — Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.
  11. To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
  12. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce. archaic
    — VVhat can the Church force more?
  13. To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison. archaic
    — Were they not forc’d with thoſe that ſhould be ours, / We might haue met them darefull, beard to beard, / And beate them backward home.
  14. To allow the force of; to value; to care for. obsolete
    — For me, I force not argument a straw.
  15. To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.

词形变化

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词汇关系

下位词
air force armed forces armed force breakout force brute force centrifugal force centripetal force conservative force Coriolis force Coulomb force defence force defence forces fictitious force fifth force fundamental force gale force g-force land force London dispersion force market force police force restoring force spent force task force tractive force wind force workforce
衍生词
accelerating force Ampère's force law antiforce atomic force microscope atomic force microscopy behavioral force biteforce blue force brakeforce brute-force by force of Casimir force color force colour force come into force coming into force constructive force counterforce cyberforce downforce driving force electromagnetic force electromotive force electrostatic force field of force force diagram force feed forcefeed force-feed force-field force field force in force justified forceless forcely force majeure forcement force multiplier forceness force of habit force of nature force of will forceout force-out force pair forceplate force play force pump force-put force-ripe forceshield force to be reckoned with forcewide forcite four-force general of the air force g force gravitational force ground mobile force in force in full force interforce intermolecular force jobforce job force kilogram-force labor force labour force life-force life force line of force Lorentz force magnetomotive force masticatory force may the force be with you microforce moment of force net force normal force nuclear force overforce pinch force Planck force pound-force pressure gradient force pseudo-force pseudo force quadriforce reconnaissance in force red force reduction in force sales force salesforce semiforce spaceforce space force strikeforce strike force strong force strong nuclear force superforce support force task-force tidal force toon force triforce Trump Force One unforce United States Space Force upforce van der Waals force vital force weak force weak nuclear force will-force workforce work force action-forcing enforce force down someone's throat forceful force one's way force out force quit force someone's back to the wall force someone's hand force the pace force the voucher forcible love cannot be forced
相关词
newton

词源

词源 1
From Middle English force, fors, forse, from Old French force, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).
词源 2
From Middle English forcen, from Old French forcier, from Late Latin *fortiāre, from Latin fortia.
词源 3
From Middle English force, forz, fors, from Old Norse fors (“waterfall”), from Proto-Germanic *fursaz (“waterfall”). Cognate with Icelandic foss (“waterfall”), Norwegian foss (“waterfall”), Swedish fors (“waterfall”). Doublet of foss.
词源 4
From Middle English forcen, forsen, a use of force, with confusion of farce (“to stuff”).
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