concrete
gb/kˈɑŋkɹit/ us/kˈɑŋkɹit/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 3900
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
Hard building material
A hard material made from cement, water, sand, and stones, used to build things.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] made of concrete
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'cement' with 'concrete'. Cement is only one part of concrete.
คำพ้องความหมาย
cement (Cement is the powder ingredient used to make concrete; not the final material.)
คำตรงข้าม
timber (Timber is a building material made from wood, not stone-like concrete.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
pour concrete
|set concrete
|reinforced concrete
|concrete block
|concrete slab
หัวข้อ
construction
|materials
|engineering
|housing
|work
|science
ตัวอย่าง
- The workers poured concrete to form the building's foundation.
- The path was made of smooth concrete.
- Reinforced concrete is stronger than plain concrete.
- They laid a concrete floor in the garage.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The wall is made of concrete.
- They use concrete to make the road.
- Concrete is very strong.
- He poured concrete into the hole.
adjective
B1
property
2
Real and physical
Something you can see or touch, not just an idea.
รูปแบบการใช้:
concrete [thing/example/result]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may think 'concrete' only means the building material and miss its use for 'real' things.
คำพ้องความหมาย
tangible (Tangible often means something that can be touched or clearly felt; slightly broader than 'concrete'.)
คำตรงข้าม
abstract (Abstract means existing as an idea or concept only, without physical form.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
concrete example
|concrete evidence
|concrete result
หัวข้อ
descriptions
|philosophy
|core_vocabulary
|science
ตัวอย่าง
- She gave a concrete example to support her point.
- We need concrete evidence before making an arrest.
- The plan lacks any concrete details.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He gave a concrete example.
- We need concrete facts.
- This is a concrete plan.
คำกริยา
technical
B2
action
3
Cover with concrete
To put concrete on something to make it hard and solid.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to concrete [an area/surface]
คำพ้องความหมาย
pave (Pave can refer to covering with other materials like asphalt, not just concrete.)
คำตรงข้าม
excavate (Excavate means to remove earth or material, opposite of covering with concrete.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
concrete over
|concrete surface
หัวข้อ
construction
|materials
|housing
|work
ตัวอย่าง
- They decided to concrete over the old garden.
- The driveway will be concreted next week.
- The workers concreted the area to make a new parking lot.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- They will concrete the road.
- We concreted the floor yesterday.
- The workers will concrete the path.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
concrete
IPA
GB/kˈɑŋkɹit/
US/kˈɑŋkɹit/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
con - crete (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (con)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: concrete
Noun
- Base: concrete
- Plural: concrete
Verb
- Base: concrete
- 3rd Person Singular: concretes
- Present Participle: concreting
- Past: concreted
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
concretes
verb
concreting
verb
concreted
verb
Related words
concretely
adverb
Negative and opposite forms
abstract
adjective B2
วลีและสำนวน
reinforced concrete
1/ɹˌiɪnfˈɔɹst kˈɑŋkɹit/
fixed phrase
technical
Concrete with steel reinforcement
Concrete that has steel inside to make it stronger.
ตัวอย่าง
- The bridge was built using reinforced concrete.
- Reinforced concrete is common in tall buildings.
set in concrete
4/sˈɛt ˈɪn kˈɑŋkɹit/
idiom
Fixed and unchangeable
Not possible to change; permanent.
ตัวอย่าง
- The schedule is not set in concrete yet.
- Our plans are set in concrete now, so we can't make changes.
concrete jungle
2/kˈɑŋkɹit d͡ʒˈʌŋɡəl/
idiom
city of concrete buildings
A city area with many big buildings and almost no trees or green places, often seen as ugly or hard to live in.
ตัวอย่าง
- He grew up in a concrete jungle with hardly any parks.
- Tourists are often surprised by how much green space there is in what looks like a concrete jungle from above.
- She misses the trees and hates living in a concrete jungle.
concrete jungle
3/kˈɑŋkɹit d͡ʒˈʌŋɡəl/
idiom
informal
Crowded urban area
A city area with many buildings and very few trees or plants.
ตัวอย่าง
- He moved from a small town to the concrete jungle of New York City.
- Some people love living in a concrete jungle; others find it stressful.