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hardest 音標拼音: [h'ɑrdəst] adv. 極難 極難 Hard \ Hard\ ( h[ aum] rd), a. [ Compar. { Harder} (-[~ e] r); superl. { Hardest}.] [ OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. har[ eth] r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[* a] rd, Goth. hardus, Gr. kraty` s strong, ka` rtos, kra` tos, strength, and also to E. - ard, as in coward, drunkard, - crat, - cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, k[. r] to do, make. Cf. { Hardy}.] 1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to { soft}; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem. [ 1913 Webster] The hard causes they brought unto Moses. -- Ex. xviii. 26. [ 1913 Webster] In which are some things hard to be understood. -- 2 Peter iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful. [ 1913 Webster] The stag was too hard for the horse. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster] A power which will be always too hard for them. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. [ 1913 Webster] I never could drive a hard bargain. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. [ 1913 Webster] Figures harder than even the marble itself. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider. [ 1913 Webster] 9. ( Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone. [ 1913 Webster] 11. ( Painting) ( a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. ( b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. [ 1913 Webster] { Hard cancer}, { Hard case}, etc. See under { Cancer}, { Case}, etc. { Hard clam}, or { Hard- shelled clam} ( Zool.), the quahog. { Hard coal}, anthracite, as distinguished from { bituminous coal} ({ soft coal}). { Hard and fast}. ( Naut.) See under { Fast}. { Hard finish} ( Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. { Hard lines}, hardship; difficult conditions. { Hard money}, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. { Hard oyster} ( Zool.), the northern native oyster. [ Local, U. S.] { Hard pan}, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See { Pan}. { Hard rubber}. See under { Rubber}. { Hard solder}. See under { Solder}. { Hard water}, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See { Hardness}, 3. { Hard wood}, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc. { In hard condition}, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles; -- said of race horses. Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See { Solid}, and { Arduous}. [ 1913 Webster]
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