英汉词典

build 基本解释

• vt. 建立；建筑
• vi. 建筑；建造
• n. 构造；体形；体格

build 词态变化

build 中文词源

来自PIE *bheue, 存在，生长，居住。词源同booth, bothy.

build 英文词源

build

build: [OE] In common with a wide range of other English words, including bower, booth, and the – bour of neighbour, build comes ultimately from the Germanic base *bū- ‘dwell’. A derivative of this, Germanic *buthlam, passed into Old English as bold, which meant ‘house’; the verb formed from this, byldan, thus originally meant ‘construct a house’, and only gradually broadened out in meaning to encompass any sort of structure.
=> boor, booth, bower, build, byre, neighbour

build (v.)

late Old English byldan "construct a house," verb form of bold "house," from Proto-Germanic *buthlam (cognates: Old Saxon bodl, Old Frisian bodel "building, house"), from PIE *bhu- "to dwell," from root *bheue- "to be, exist, grow" (see be). Rare in Old English; in Middle English it won out over more common Old English timbran (see timber). Modern spelling is unexplained. Figurative use from mid-15c. Of physical things other than buildings from late 16c. Related: Builded (archaic); built; building.

In the United States, this verb is used with much more latitude than in England. There, as Fennimore Cooper puts it, everything is BUILT. The priest BUILDS up a flock; the speculator a fortune; the lawyer a reputation; the landlord a town; and the tailor, as in England, BUILDS up a suit of clothes. A fire is BUILT instead of made, and the expression is even extended to individuals, to be BUILT being used with the meaning of formed. [Farmer, "Slang and Its Analogues," 1890]

build (n.)

"style of construction," 1660s, from build (v.). Earlier in this sense was built (1610s). Meaning "physical construction and fitness of a person" attested by 1981. Earliest sense, now obsolete, was "a building" (early 14c.).

build 词组搭配

build 英文释义

1. constitution of the human body

2. alternative names for the body of a human being;

"Leonardo studied the human body"

"he has a strong physique"

"the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

build 同义词解析

build, construct, found, erect, establish, set up

这些动词均有"建设，建立，建造"之意。

build： 普通用词，含义广泛，可指一切具体或抽象的建造或建立。

construct： 较正式用词，强调根据一定计划进行的规模较大，结构较复杂，要求较高技术的建造。

found： 侧重打下基础或创办，具体或抽象事物均可用。

erect： 侧重指对高而垂直物的建造。使用不如build广泛。

establish： 着重稳固地建成，可具体指国家、政府、学校或商店等的建立，也可指信仰、信用、名誉、法律、制度、规则等的建立。

set up： 作"建立"用时，侧重于"开始"。可指具体或抽象的建立。

build 双语例句

1. If you build more plastics into cars, the car lasts longer.

如果汽车采用更多塑料元件，寿命会更长一些。

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2. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.

她重振旗鼓去开创自己的事业了。

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3. Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.

约翰逊医生和我一直试图增强他的体质。

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4. The money to build the power station ought to have been sufficient.

建设电站的资金本该足够了。

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5. How much delay should we build into the plan?

我们应该为这个计划预留多少富余的时间？

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build 实用场景例句

They had a house built for them.

他们让人给他们建了一栋房子。

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David built us a shed in the back yard.

戴维帮我们在后院搭了个棚子。

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They're going to build on the site of the old power station.

他们要在老发电站那里盖房子。

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She's built a new career for herself.

她为自己开辟了一条新的谋生之路。

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We want to build a better life.

我们想创造更美好的生活。

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This information will help us build a picture of his attacker.

这条信息将有助于描画出袭击他的人的相貌。

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The tension and excitement built gradually all day.

整个一天中，紧张与兴奋的气氛越来越浓。

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The story is built around a group of high school dropouts.

故事围绕着一群辍学的中学生展开。

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We're having new wardrobes built in.

我们的新衣橱是嵌入式的。

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The pipes were built into the concrete.

管子已固定在混凝土里。

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a house built of stone

用石头建造的房子

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Robins build nests almost anywhere.

知更鸟几乎随处筑巢。

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They have permission to build 200 new houses.

他们得到建200座新房的许可。

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The authority of his voice is undermined by the smallness of his build.

瘦小的身形削弱了他声音中的权威感。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He's described as around thirty years old, six feet tall and of medium build...

他被描述成一个30岁左右、6英尺高、中等身材的人。

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The last chords of the suite build to a crescendo.

组曲的最后和音部分渐入高潮。

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Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site...

开发商现在建议在这个地方盖一座宾馆。

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The house was built in the early 19th century...

这所房子建于19世纪初期。

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If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme.

如果把电视嵌入天花板，你就可以躺在那里欣赏你最喜欢的节目了。

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He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company...

他和同伴自己创业，创办了一家成功的时装公司。

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Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy...

他们的目的是要建立一个公平的社会和一个强大的经济体。

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We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories...

那样我们将会获得一个建立理论所需的更为牢固的事实基础。

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The town's nineteenth-century prosperity was built on steel.

这个城市19世纪的繁荣是建立在钢铁工业基础上的。

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We have to build computers into the school curriculum...

我们必须把计算机纳入到学校的课程中。

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How much delay should we build into the plan?

我们应该为这个计划预留多少富余的时间？

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The encouragement that young boys receive builds a greater self-confidence...

小男孩受到的鼓励会增强他们的自信心。

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Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust...

外交官们希望会议能增进彼此的信任。

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Build on the qualities you are satisfied with and work to change those you are unhappy with...

以自己满意的优点为发展基础，努力改变自己不满意的地方。

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The new regime has no successful economic reforms on which to build.

新政权没有成功实施可赖以为继的经济改革。

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Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony...

要求推迟仪式的压力昨天进一步增大。

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