solid

Word family  noun solid solidarity solidity solids solidification adjective solid verb solidify adverb solidly

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sol·id1 /ˈsɒlɪd $ ˈsɑː-/ ●●● S3 W3 adjective  1  firm/hard 坚实的/坚硬的HARD hard or firm, with a fixed shape, and not a liquid or gas 固体的；坚硬的 The lake was frozen solid. 湖水冻得结结实实。 It was good to be back on solid ground again. 又能踏上坚实的土地感觉真好。 Is the baby eating solid food (=bread, meat etc) yet? 宝宝吃固体食物了吗？ The ship’s sonar can detect the presence of solid objects in the water. 船上的声呐能够探测出水中的固体物。► see thesaurus at hard2  only one material 纯质的PURE consisting completely of one type of material 纯质的solid gold/silver etc a solid gold cup 纯金奖杯solid wood/pine/oak etc a chest made of solid oak 纯橡木做的箱子3  not hollow 非空心的TOGETHER having no holes or spaces inside 无孔的，实心的 OPP hollow a solid rubber ball 实心皮球 a shrine carved out of solid rock 用实心岩石凿成的神龛4  without spaces 无空隙的 continuous, without any spaces or breaks 无空隙的，连续不断的 It’s not safe to pass when the lines in the middle of the road are solid. 路中间如果是实线的话，超车就不安全。5  strongly made 做得坚固的STRONG OBJECT strong and well made 结实的，牢固的 OPP flimsy a solid piece of furniture 一件结实的家具 The frame is as solid as a rock (=extremely solid). 这个框架十分坚固。6  good and long-lasting 实用而耐久的GOOD/EXCELLENT a solid achievement or solid work is of real, practical, and continuing value 〔成就或工作〕相当好的，经得起时间考验的 five years of solid achievement 五年实实在在的成绩 The first two years provide a solid foundation in the basics of computing. 头两年为电脑应用的基础方面打下坚实的根基。7  dependable 可靠的 someone or something that is solid can be depended on or trusted 可靠的，靠得住的 SYN sound a solid reputation 可靠的声誉 The prosecution in this case has no solid evidence. 此案的原告缺乏可靠的证据。 You can rely on Wylie for good solid advice. 你可以放心地从怀利那里得到可靠的建议。 a solid Labour stronghold (=where people always vote for this party) 工党的一个坚固据点8  continuing without interruption 不间断的 informalCONTINUOUS used to emphasize that something continues for a long time without any pauses 连续的，不间断的 The lecture lasted two solid hours. 这堂课上了整整两个小时。five hours/two weeks etc solid On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid. 星期六我上床整整睡了14个小时。9. packed solid informal if shops, trains, buses etc are packed solid, they are full of people 〔商店、火车、公共汽车等〕挤得水泄不通的10  on solid ground confident because you are dealing with a subject you are sure about, or because you are in a safe situation 有十分的把握，完全放心 To make sure that he was on solid ground, he confirmed his findings with others. 为了确保有十分的把握，他把自己的研究结果向其他人作了核实。11. good 好的 British English informal good 好的12  difficult 困难的 British English informal very difficult 很难的 I couldn’t do any of the maths last night – it was solid. 昨晚那些数学题我一道也做不出，太难了。13  shape 形状 technicalHM having length, width, and height 立体的，立方的 SYN three-dimensional A sphere is a solid figure. 球体是立体图形。14  IN AGREEMENT 一致be solid British EnglishAGREE to be in complete agreement 完全一致 The workers are 100% solid on this issue. 工人们在这个问题上是百分之百地一致。 —solidly adverb solidly built 体格结实的 —solidness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

solid• He rapped his knuckles against the body of the sink unit. It was as solid as a rock.• During winter the lake became a solid block of ice.• The figure was carved out of a solid block of wood.• a solid chocolate bunny• Solid colors would be more flattering than stripes.• She had it dribble with solid drops of wine.• The table seemed solid enough, so I climbed up onto it.• Is the baby eating solid foods yet?• a solid gold necklace• a solid green background• For centuries people have scoured the solid ground in search of the causes of these catastrophic events.• Similarly, when Dole asserts that Clinton reduced the office of drug czar by 83 percent, he is on solid ground.• I was so seasick that it was a relief to be back on solid ground.• After eight solid hours of driving, I was exhausted.• Nobody really wants to sit through four solid hours of someone else's wedding video.• rows of solid little houses built of local stone• The antiques dealer guessed that the furniture was Victorian and solid mahogany.• Already they've scaled up their fluid star-burst psychedelia into something that sounds more suited to outdoor festivals than stuffed solid mini-venues.• Wegman's writing combines solid reporting with a sense of humor.• a company with a solid reputation• We have reached a level at which you see a solid round of profit-taking.• However, because of the two dithiadiazole functionalities at either end of the molecule, the solid state structure is polymeric rather than dimeric.• The door was made of solid steel.• The doors of the church seemed less solid than the doors of his father's house.• The marchers were met by a solid wall of police officers.• This is solid work, the main essay in particular.solid objects• And why are their legs so easily detached by seemingly light collisions with solid objects?• It is suggested that the bat hears echoes of its own squeaks rebounding from solid objects.• Like a laser beam, he could pass through solid objects.• The system would treat both images as solid objects.• In fact, vibrations travel through solid objects at fixed speeds, just as sound travels through air at a fixed speed.• The creation of apparently real, solid objects by means of detailed mathematical modelling.• The signals reflected back from solid objects like these skulls form an image which can be enhanced by a computer.• Sound waves travel more easily through solid objects than through the air.solid wood/pine/oak etc• The earliest glazing bars were quite thick, as they were hand cut from solid wood.• The village will be made of solid oak and then exported, flat-pack style, to Tokyo.• Occasionally, some one would use butcher block, solid wood, copper, stainless steel, marble or some other exotic surface.• She flung open the solid pine door, standing aside for Jane and Robert to enter.• His cell was eight by fifteen with a solid oak door supported by steel bands.• Passing discreetly through the solid wood of the garage door he slid right into the skulking Omally.• The graceful brass plated trimmings and finials are complemented here by the solid pine Osborne surround.• A solid wood stem and mahogany floors and stiffeners complete the basic construction which has been particularly cleanly executed by West Custom.solid as a rock• It was as solid as rock.• The door was solid as rock.• Skipper Alan Kernaghan again led by example, with Nicky Mohan solid as a rock alongside him.• It was simply not admissible that something as blatantly solid as a rock could have come from the heavens.solid foundation• Local autonomy thus rested upon a solid foundation.• Much like any brick or block wall, an interlocking block wall needs a solid foundation.• Such a person lived and, in a sense floated on the air, without a solid foundation.• City: Property without solid foundations Bricks and mortar were once thought to be be as good as money in the bank.• Decayed, warped and neglected, it stood proudly on its solid foundations, displaying a still sturdy brick frame.• We have a solid foundation for a global PC business.• They had a solid foundation in reading, writing, math, and other core skills.• At the end of the first week you will have a solid foundation on which to build in future weeks.• They dug solid foundations, spending a lot of time pouring concrete into four pits.solid evidence• And then, the prior's reluctant to make any accusations against Isambard but on good, solid evidence.• So much solid evidence and no research carried out whatever.• There is little solid evidence, as yet, to answer such a question with confidence.• The investigators could not find any solid evidence of a crime.• In fact, we have little solid evidence of the effects of earlier waves of unemployment on old people.• She didn't trust him, but without solid evidence she had no way of proving he was double-dealing.

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solid2 ●○○ noun  1  [countable]HCTHING a firm object or substance that has a fixed shape, not a gas or liquid 固体 the properties of liquids and solids 液体和固体的特性2  solids [plural]DF foods that are not liquid 固体食物，非流质食物 He’s still too ill to eat solids. 他仍病得很重，不能吃固体食物。3. [countable] technical the part of a liquid which has the qualities of a solid when it is separated from the solvent (=watery part) 〔液体中的〕固形物4. [countable] technicalHMCF a shape which has length, width, and height, such as a sphere or cylinder 立体（图形） → plane

Examples from the Corpus

solid• Water changes from a liquid to a solid when it freezes.• Notice that the magnitudes of the values for solids are much greater than those for gases.• The conducting properties of solids vary widely.• Whether you prefer solids or stripes, polo shirts are big for school this fall.• These solids are said to be amorphous.• However, unlike solids, the attractive forces are not sufficient to hold the particles together in a regular structure.Origin solid1 (1300-1400) Old French solide, from Latin solidus

sol·id1 adjectivesolid2 nounChineseSyllable  

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sol‧id¹ S3 W3 /ˈsɒləd, ˈsɒlɪd $ ˈsɑː-/ adjective1.  FIRM/HARD hard or firm, with a fixed shape, and not a liquid or gas:
    The lake was frozen solid.
    It was good to be back on solid ground again.
    Is the baby eating solid food (=bread, meat etc) yet?
    The ship’s sonar can detect the presence of solid objects in the water.
2.  ONLY ONE MATERIAL consisting completely of one type of material
    solid gold/silver etc
    a solid gold cup
    solid wood/pine/oak etc
    a chest made of solid oak
3.  NOT HOLLOW having no holes or spaces inside
   OPP  hollow:
    a solid rubber ball
    a shrine carved out of solid rock
4.  WITHOUT SPACES continuous, without any spaces or breaks:
    It’s not safe to pass when the lines in the middle of the road are solid.
5.  STRONGLY MADE strong and well made
   OPP  flimsy:
    a solid piece of furniture
    The frame is as solid as a rock (=extremely solid).
6.  GOOD AND LONG-LASTING a solid achievement or solid work is of real, practical, and continuing value:
    five years of solid achievement
    The first two years provide a solid foundation in the basics of computing.
7.  DEPENDABLE someone or something that is solid can be depended on or trusted
   SYN  sound:
    a solid reputation
    The prosecution in this case has no solid evidence.
    You can rely on Wylie for good solid advice.
    a solid Labour stronghold (=where people always vote for this party)
8.  CONTINUING WITHOUT INTERRUPTION informal used to emphasize that something continues for a long time without any pauses:
    The lecture lasted two solid hours.
    five hours/two weeks etc solid
    On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid.
9. packed solid informal if shops, trains, buses etc are packed solid, they are full of people
10. on solid ground confident because you are dealing with a subject you are sure about, or because you are in a safe situation:
    To make sure that he was on solid ground, he confirmed his findings with others.
11.  GOOD British English informal good
12.  DIFFICULT British English informal very difficult:
    I couldn’t do any of the maths last night – it was solid.
13.  SHAPE technical having length, width, and height
   SYN  three-dimensional:
    A sphere is a solid figure.
14.  IN AGREEMENT be solid British English to be in complete agreement:
    The workers are 100% solid on this issue.
—solidly adverb:
    solidly built
—solidness noun [uncountable]

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solid² noun1. [countable] a firm object or substance that has a fixed shape, not a gas or liquid:
    the properties of liquids and solids
2. solids [plural] foods that are not liquid:
    He’s still too ill to eat solids.
3. [countable] technical the part of a liquid which has the qualities of a solid when it is separated from the solvent (=watery part)
4. [countable] technical a shape which has length, width, and height, such as a sphere or cylinder ⇨ plane