built

英 [b?lt] 美[b?lt]
  • v. 建造(build的過去分詞)
  • adj. 身段優(yōu)美的;…建成的

低頻詞基本詞匯

英文詞源


built (adj.)
1560s, "constructed, erected," past participle adjective from build (v.). Meaning "physically well-developed" is by 1940s (well-built in reference to a woman is from 1871); Built-in (adj.) is from 1898.

雙語例句


1. Banks are built to look solid to reassure their customers.
銀行往往建得看上去很堅(jiān)固,好讓顧客放心。

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2. He was a huge man, built like an oak tree.
他是個(gè)大塊頭,結(jié)實(shí)得像棵橡樹。

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3. She built up her fortune by cannily playing the stock market.
她炒股有方,發(fā)了大財(cái)。

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4. Builders must fasten down roofs of newly-built homes more securely.
建造工人必須把新建房屋的屋頂固定得更牢靠些。

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5. The city was walled and built upon a rock.
這座城市建在巖石上,四周筑有城墻。

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