built

英 [bɪlt] 美[bɪlt]
  • v. 建造(build的过去分词)
  • adj. 身段优美的;…建成的

低频词基本词汇

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. Banks are built to look solid to reassure their customers.
银行往往建得看上去很坚固,好让顾客放心。

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2. He was a huge man, built like an oak tree.
他是个大块头,结实得像棵橡树。

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3. She built up her fortune by cannily playing the stock market.
她炒股有方,发了大财。

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4. Builders must fasten down roofs of newly-built homes more securely.
建造工人必须把新建房屋的屋顶固定得更牢靠些。

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5. The city was walled and built upon a rock.
这座城市建在岩石上,四周筑有城墙。

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