sol‧id 1 S3 W3 / sɒləd, sɒlɪd $ sɑ- / 形容词

1 firm/hard hard or firm, with a fixed shape, and not a liquid or gas :

The lake was frozen solid .

It was good to be back on solid ground again.

Is the baby eating solid food (= bread, meat etc ) yet?

The ship’s sonar can detect the presence of solid objects in the water.

2 only one material consisting completely of one type of material

solid gold/silver etc

a solid gold cup

solid wood/pine/oak etc

a chest made of solid oak

3 not hollow having no holes or spaces inside 反义词 hollow :

a solid rubber ball

a shrine carved out of solid rock

4 without spaces continuous, without any spaces or breaks :

It’s not safe to pass when the lines in the middle of the road are solid.

5 strongly made strong and well made 反义词 flimsy :

a solid piece of furniture

The frame is as solid as a rock (= extremely solid ) .

6 good and long-lasting a solid achievement or solid work is of real, practical, and continuing value :

five years of solid achievement

The first two years provide a solid foundation in the basics of computing.

7 dependable someone or something that is solid can be depended on or trusted 同义词 sound :

a solid reputation

The prosecution in this case has no solid evidence .

You can rely on Wylie for good solid advice.

a solid Labour stronghold (= where people always vote for this party )

8 continuing without interruption informal used to emphasize that something continues for a long time without any pauses :

The lecture lasted two solid hours.

five hours/two weeks etc solid

On Saturday I went to bed and slept fourteen hours solid.

9 packed solid informal if shops, trains, buses etc are packed solid, they are full of people

10 on solid ground confident because you are dealing with a subject you are sure about, or because you are in a safe situation :

To make sure that he was on solid ground, he confirmed his findings with others.

11 good British English informal good

12 difficult British English informal very difficult :

I couldn’t do any of the maths last night – it was solid.

13 shape technical having length, width, and height 同义词 three-dimensional :

A sphere is a solid figure.

14 in agreement be solid British English to be in complete agreement :

The workers are 100% solid on this issue.

— solidly 副词 :

solidly built

— solidness 名词 [不可数名词]