solid

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˈsɒl.ɪd/    /ˈsɑ.lɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
  2. A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
  3. A favor. informal
    — Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
  4. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
    — I prefer solids over paisleys.
  5. Food which is not liquid-based. in-plural
    — The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
形容词 adj.
  1. That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.
    — Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
  2. Large in size, quantity, or value.
    — Almost a quarter of a million copies is really a solid number for today's record industry. In fact, that number is more than the last two number one albums
  3. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
    — solid gold
  4. Strong or unyielding.
    — a solid foundation
  5. Continuous and heavy.
    — He was covered in a fine mist by then, the night skies growing more saturated by the hour. It would be a nice, solid rain before long, he figured.
  6. Excellent, of high quality, or reliable. slang
    — That's a solid plan.
  7. Hearty; filling.
    — a solid meal
  8. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
    — the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer
  9. Financially well off; wealthy.
  10. Sound; not weak.
    — a solid constitution of body
  11. Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
    — American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
  12. Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. dated
  13. United; without division; unanimous. US,slang
    — The delegation is solid for a candidate.
  14. Of a single color throughout.
    — John painted the walls solid white.
  15. United.
    — […] the other acquired unlimited power over a solid kingdom. It would be tedious, and not very instructive, to follow the details of German public law during the middle ages : nor are the more important parts of it easily separable […]
  16. Intimately allied or friendly with. dated
    — […] we thus succeeded in making ourselves "solid with the administration" before we had been in a town or village forty-eight hours. The next steps in our plan of campaign were, first, to forestall suspicion in the minds of the[…]
  17. Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
    — The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
  18. Entire, complete.
    — Loose and undisciplined the soldier lay, / Or lost in drink and game the solid day; / Porches and schools , design'd for public good, / Uncover'd, and with scaffolds cumber'd stood, / Or nodded, threatening ruin- […]
  19. Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic. dated
    — A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
  20. Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.
副词 adv.
  1. Solidly.
    — True, not ten of these mines were yielding rock worth hauling to a mill, but everybody said, "Wait till the shaft gets down where the ledge comes in solid, and then you will see!"
  2. Without spaces or hyphens. not-comparable
    — Many long-established compounds are set solid.

词形变化

more solid comparative solider comparative most solid superlative solidest superlative more solid comparative most solid superlative solids plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s
Proto-Italic *soliðos
Latin solidusder.
Old French solidebor.
Middle English solide
English solid
From Middle English solide, borrowed from Old French solide, from Latin solidus (“solid”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s (“entire”), suffixed form of root *solh₂- (“integrate, whole”). Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solidus, sou, and xu.
词源 2
From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum. Doublet of solidum.
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