stronger 音标拼音: [str'ɔŋɚ] [str'ɔŋgɚ]
a . 更强壮的
更强壮的
Strong \
Strong \,
a . [
Compar . {
Stronger };
superl . {
Strongest }.]
[
AS .
strang ,
strong ;
akin to D . &
G .
streng strict ,
rigorous ,
OHG .
strengi strong ,
brave ,
harsh ,
Icel .
strangr strong ,
severe ,
Dan .
streng ,
Sw .
str [
aum ]
ng strict ,
severe .
Cf .
{
Strength }, {
Stretch }, {
String }.]
1 .
Having active physical power ,
or great physical power to act ;
having a power of exerting great bodily force ;
vigorous .
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That our oxen may be strong to labor . --
Ps .
cxliv .
14 .
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Orses the strong to greater strength must yield .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
Having passive physical power ;
having ability to bear or endure ;
firm ;
hale ;
sound ;
robust ;
as ,
a strong constitution ;
strong health .
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3 .
Solid ;
tough ;
not easily broken or injured ;
able to withstand violence ;
able to sustain attacks ;
not easily subdued or taken ;
as ,
a strong beam ;
a strong rock ;
a strong fortress or town .
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4 .
Having great military or naval force ;
powerful ;
as ,
a strong army or fleet ;
a nation strong at sea .
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5 .
Having great wealth ,
means ,
or resources ;
as ,
a strong house ,
or company of merchants .
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6 .
Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers ;
as ,
an army ten thousand strong .
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7 .
Moving with rapidity or force ;
violent ;
forcible ;
impetuous ;
as ,
a strong current of water or wind ;
the wind was strong from the northeast ;
a strong tide .
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8 .
Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination ;
striking or superior of the kind ;
powerful ;
forcible ;
cogent ;
as ,
a strong argument ;
strong reasons ;
strong evidence ;
a strong example ;
strong language .
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9 .
Ardent ;
eager ;
zealous ;
earnestly engaged ;
as ,
a strong partisan ;
a strong Whig or Tory .
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Her mother ,
ever strong against that match . --
Shak .
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10 .
Having virtues of great efficacy ;
or ,
having a particular quality in a great degree ;
as ,
a strong powder or tincture ;
a strong decoction ;
strong tea or coffee .
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11 .
Full of spirit ;
containing a large proportion of alcohol ;
intoxicating ;
as ,
strong liquors .
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12 .
Affecting any sense powerfully ;
as ,
strong light ,
colors ,
etc .;
a strong flavor of onions ;
a strong scent .
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13 .
Solid ;
nourishing ;
as ,
strong meat . --
Heb .
v .
12 .
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14 .
Well established ;
firm ;
not easily overthrown or altered ;
as ,
a strong custom ;
a strong belief .
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15 .
Violent ;
vehement ;
earnest ;
ardent .
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He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears . --
Heb .
v .
7 .
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16 .
Having great force ,
vigor ,
power ,
or the like ,
as the mind ,
intellect ,
or any faculty ;
as ,
a man of a strong mind ,
memory ,
judgment ,
or imagination .
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I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism .
--
Dryden .
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17 .
Vigorous ;
effective ;
forcible ;
powerful .
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Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song ,
As high ,
as sweet ,
as easy ,
and as strong . --
E .
Smith .
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18 . (
Stock Exchange )
Tending to higher prices ;
rising ;
as ,
a strong market .
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19 . (
Gram .)
(
a )
Pertaining to ,
or designating ,
a verb which forms its preterit (
imperfect )
by a variation in the root vowel ,
and the past participle (
usually )
by the addition of -
en (
with or without a change of the root vowel );
as in the verbs strive ,
strove ,
striven ;
break ,
broke ,
broken ;
drink ,
drank ,
drunk .
Opposed to weak ,
or regular .
See {
Weak }.
(
b )
Applied to forms in Anglo -
Saxon ,
etc .,
which retain the old declensional endings .
In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly ,
and are called strong ;
the stems in -
n are called weak other constant stems conform ,
or are irregular . --
F .
A .
March .
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{
Strong conjugation } (
Gram .),
the conjugation of a strong verb ; --
called also {
old conjugation },
or {
irregular conjugation },
and distinguished from the {
weak conjugation }
or {
regular conjugation }.
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Note :
Strong is often used in the formation of self -
explaining compounds ;
as ,
strong -
backed ,
strong -
based ,
strong -
bodied ,
strong -
colored ,
strong -
fisted ,
strong -
handed ,
strong -
ribbed ,
strong -
smelling ,
strong -
voiced ,
etc .
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Syn :
Vigorous ;
powerful ;
stout ;
solid ;
firm ;
hardy ;
muscular ;
forcible ;
cogent ;
valid .
See {
Robust }.
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