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单词 strong
释义

strong

See also: Strong

English

Alternative forms

  • strang (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang, from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”). Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string (“austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Swedish sträng, strang (“severe, strict, harsh”), Norwegian strang (“strong, harsh, bitter”), Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Latin stringō (“tighten”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: strŏng, IPA(key): /stɹɒŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɒŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɒŋ]
  • (US) enPR: strông, IPA(key): /stɹɔŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɔŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɔŋ], [ʃt͡ʃɹɔŋ]
  • (Canada, cot–caught merger) enPR: strŏng, IPA(key): /stɹɑŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɑŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɑŋ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Adjective

strong (comparative stronger, superlative strongest)

  1. Capable of producing great physical force.
    a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong
  2. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
    a strong foundation; good strong shoes
  3. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
    The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
  4. Determined; unyielding.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, “[HTTP://OPENLIBRARY.ORG/WORKS/OL1097634W X]”, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
      It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
    • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎, archived from the original on 7 February 2019:
      It noted China was especially strong in the fast-growing area of “deep learning.”
      Audio (US)(file)
    He is strong in the face of adversity.
  5. Highly stimulating to the senses.
    a strong light; a strong taste
  6. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
    a strong smell
  7. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
    a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine
  8. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
    a strong drink
    She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes
  9. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
    a strong verb
  10. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
    a strong acid;  a strong base
  11. (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
    a strong position
  12. Having wealth or resources.
    a strong economy
  13. (slang, US) Impressive, good.
    You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong!
  14. Having a specified number of people or units.
    The enemy's army force was five thousand strong.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
      Our armie will be forty thouſand ſtrong,
      When Tamburlain and braue Theridamas
      Haue met vs by the riuer Araris:
      And all conioin’d to meete the witleſſe King,
      That now is marching neere to Parthia.
  15. (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
    • 2005, Andrew Gaeddert, Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions, North Atlantic Books, page 221:
      Physicians may diagnosis influenza by a throat culture or blood test, which may be important if you have a particularly strong flu, if your doctor suspects pneumonia or a bacterial infection.
  16. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
  17. (of an argument) Convincing.
    • 1558, John Knox, The Appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and moſt iniuſt ſentence pronounced againſt him by the falſe biſhoppes and clergie of Scotland, page 11v:
      […] but grounding him ſelfe vpon ſtrong reaſons, to wit, that he had not offended the Iewes, neither yet the Law, but that he was innocēt, and therefore that no iudge oght to geue hym in the hādes of his ennemies […]

Synonyms

  • (capable of producing great physical force): forceful, powerful, derf
  • (capable of withstanding great physical force): durable, tough, sturdy
  • (determined, unyielding): ardent, determined, swith, unyielding, zealous
  • (highly stimulating to the senses): extreme, intense
  • (having an offensive or intense odor or flavor): rank
  • (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient): concentrated, potent
  • (having a high alcoholic content): hard
  • (grammar: irregular): irregular
  • (military: not easily subdued or taken): impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable

Antonyms

  • (capable of producing great physical force): forceless, weak
  • (capable of withstanding great physical force): fragile
  • (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient): diluted, impotent, weak
  • (grammar: irregular): regular, weak
  • (chemistry: that completely ionizes): weak
  • (military: not easily subdued or taken): weak

Hyponyms

  • ultra-strong

Translations

having a high alcoholic content
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See also

  • strength

Adverb

strong (not comparable)

  1. In a strong manner.

Synonyms

  • (in a strong manner): forcefully, powerfully, vigorously, strongly

Antonyms

  • (in a strong manner): forcelessly, powerlessly, weakly

Translations

See also

  • strong as an ox
  • strong personality
  • strong verb

Anagrams

  • trongs

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English strang, form Proto-Germanic *strangaz.

Alternative forms

  • stronge, stronke, stron, strange, straunge

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strɔnɡ/

Adjective

strong (plural and weak singular stronge, comparative strenger or stronger, superlative strengest or strongest)

  1. strong
Antonyms
  • feble
  • weyk
Descendants
  • English: strong
  • Scots: strang
  • Yola: straung
References
  • “strong, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French estrange.

Adjective

strong

  1. Alternative form of straunge

Swedish

Etymology

Through Swedish slang, based on English strong, since 1922. There is also a form strång with a different sense since 1640.

Adjective

strong (comparative strongare, superlative strongast)

  1. mentally and morally strong, courageous

Declension

Inflection of strong
IndefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative2
Common singularstrongstrongarestrongast
Neuter singularstrongtstrongarestrongast
Pluralstrongastrongarestrongast
Masculine plural3strongestrongarestrongast
DefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative
Masculine singular1strongestrongarestrongaste
Allstrongastrongarestrongaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
  • strongt

References

  • strong in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • strong in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

English strong

Adjective

strong

  1. Capable of producing great physical force; strong.
  2. Capable of withstanding great physical force; strong.
  3. Determined, unyielding.

See also

  • strongim
  • strongpela

Noun

strong

  1. Strength
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:
      Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.”
      →New International Version translation
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