• adj. 混凝土的；實在的，具體的；有形的
• vi. 凝結(jié)
• vt. 使凝固；用混凝土修筑
• n. 具體物；凝結(jié)物

con-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-cre, 生長，創(chuàng)造，詞源同create, crescent. 即長到一起的，聚合成塊的。

concrete

concrete: [14] In origin, something concrete is something that has ‘grown together’. The word comes, via Old French concret, from Latin concrētus, the past participle of concrēscere ‘grow together’, hence ‘harden’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and crēscere ‘grow’ (source also of English crescent, increase, and accrue). Its original application in English was fairly general – referring to that which is solid or material; its use for the building material did not emerge until the early 19th century.
=> accrue, crescent, decrease, increase

concrete (adj.)

late 14c., "actual, solid," from Latin concretus "condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted," figuratively "thick; dim," literally "grown together;" past participle of concrescere "to grow together," from com- "together" (see com-) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). A logicians' term until meaning began to expand 1600s. Noun sense of "building material made from cement, etc." is first recorded 1834.

1. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.

建筑工人在8根細(xì)柱上架起輕巧的混凝土穹頂。

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2. Your decision must be translated into specific, concrete actions.

你的決定必須轉(zhuǎn)化為具體明確的行動。

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3. The hot liquid splashed down on the concrete and rebounded.

滾燙的液體潑在水泥地面上又濺了起來。

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4. Eventually, the water will permeate through the surrounding concrete.

最終，水會滲透進(jìn)周圍的混凝土中。

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5. A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.

在粗糙不平的水泥窗臺上有一條細(xì)細(xì)的發(fā)光水印。

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