vt. 建立, 建筑

vi. 建立, 建筑

n. 构造, 体格

Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Built} (b[i^]lt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Building}. The regular imp. & p. p.
{Builded} is antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to
build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol
small farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of
Icel. b[=u]a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.]
1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any
kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular
structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise.

Nor aught availed him now
To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton.

2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or
produce by using appropriate means.

Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks.
--Shak.

3. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and
stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; --
frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution.

I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32.

Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame.


Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. i.
1. To exercise the art, or practice the business, of
building.

2. To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's
self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed
reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice
of others.


Build \Build\, n.
Form or mode of construction; general figure; make; as, the
build of a ship; a great build on a man.