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strongest 音標拼音: [str'ɔŋgəst] Strong \ Strong\, a. [ Compar. { Stronger}; superl. { Strongest}.] [ AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. str[ aum] ng strict, severe. Cf. { Strength}, { Stretch}, { String}.] 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. [ 1913 Webster] That our oxen may be strong to labor. -- Ps. cxliv. 14. [ 1913 Webster] Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide. [ 1913 Webster] 8. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language. [ 1913 Webster] 9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory. [ 1913 Webster] Her mother, ever strong against that match. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. [ 1913 Webster] 11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors. [ 1913 Webster] 12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent. [ 1913 Webster] 13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. -- Heb. v. 12. [ 1913 Webster] 14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief. [ 1913 Webster] 15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. [ 1913 Webster] He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. -- Heb. v. 7. [ 1913 Webster] 16. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. [ 1913 Webster] I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful. [ 1913 Webster] Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. -- E. Smith. [ 1913 Webster] 18. ( Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market. [ 1913 Webster] 19. ( Gram.) ( a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit ( imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle ( usually) by the addition of - en ( with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See { Weak}. ( b) Applied to forms in Anglo- Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in - n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. -- F. A. March. [ 1913 Webster] { Strong conjugation} ( Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also { old conjugation}, or { irregular conjugation}, and distinguished from the { weak conjugation} or { regular conjugation}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Strong is often used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, strong- backed, strong- based, strong- bodied, strong- colored, strong- fisted, strong- handed, strong- ribbed, strong- smelling, strong- voiced, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular; forcible; cogent; valid. See { Robust}. [ 1913 Webster]
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