Cement

(noun.) something that hardens to act as adhesive material.

(noun.) a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar.

(noun.) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; 'they stood on the grey cement beside the pool'.

(noun.) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.

(verb.) make fast as if with cement; 'We cemented our friendship'.

(verb.) bind or join with or as if with cement.

(verb.) cover or coat with cement.

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• I determined to go into the Portland cement business. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One night, after receiving a satisfactory report of progress from Mr. Mason, superintendent of the cement plant, he said: The only way to keep ahead of the procession is to experiment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The outsides of the buildings somewhat resembled the cement houses which have been put up in later days, a coat of clay being spread on the outside walls and carefully smoothed off. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• With any unaffected individual Shirley could easily and quickly cement an acquaintance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In 1902 the American output of cement was placed at about 21,000,000 barrels, valued at over $17,000,000. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Mr. Edison's storage battery and the poured cement house have not yet reached the stage of great commercial enterprises, and therefore have not yet risen to the dignity of patent litigation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I organized a company and started cement-works which have now been running successfully for several years. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• One of the improvements in the manufacture and use of modern _cements_ and artificial stones consists in their application to the making of streets and sidewalks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Miscellaneous H istory of various Artificial Materials ,--Ena mel, Porcelain, various cements, etc. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It is idle to accuse him of leaving education alone, because the idea that empires must be cemented by education was still foreign to human thought. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Biot on the action of fluids on light, he placed the fluids in a trough formed by two plates of glass cemented together at an angle. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The window in the cold room has three sets of sash, well packed or cemented. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• It is an accretion of power around a center of influence, cemented by patronage, graft, favors, friendship, loyalties, habits,--a human grouping, a natural pyramid. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It is then warmed gently and the glue applied, which is so very strong that the parts thus cemented never separate. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Indeed, even the platinum point, which in the early form of the Reis transmitter pressed against the platinum contact cemented to the centre of the diaphragm, was a microphone. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• These coarse particles, or clinkers, absorb water very slowly, are practically inert, and have very feeble cementing properties. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• When a solution is mixed with acetic or nitric acid it remains liquid, but still retains its power of cementing; in this state it is called liquid glue. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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