harder 音標拼音: [h'ɑrdɚ]
adv . 更辛苦地
更辛苦地
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 .
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2 .
Difficult ,
mentally or judicially ;
not easily apprehended ,
decided ,
or resolved ;
as a hard problem .
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The hard causes they brought unto Moses . --
Ex .
xviii .
26 .
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In which are some things hard to be understood . --
2 Peter iii .
16 .
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3 .
Difficult to accomplish ;
full of obstacles ;
laborious ;
fatiguing ;
arduous ;
as ,
a hard task ;
a disease hard to cure .
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4 .
Difficult to resist or control ;
powerful .
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The stag was too hard for the horse . --
L '
Estrange .
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A power which will be always too hard for them .
--
Addison .
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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 .
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I never could drive a hard bargain . --
Burke .
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6 .
Difficult to please or influence ;
stern ;
unyielding ;
obdurate ;
unsympathetic ;
unfeeling ;
cruel ;
as ,
a hard master ;
a hard heart ;
hard words ;
a hard character .
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7 .
Not easy or agreeable to the taste ;
harsh ;
stiff ;
rigid ;
ungraceful ;
repelling ;
as ,
a hard style .
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Figures harder than even the marble itself .
--
Dryden .
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8 .
Rough ;
acid ;
sour ,
as liquors ;
as ,
hard cider .
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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 .
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10 .
Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance ;
harsh ;
as ,
a hard tone .
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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 .
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{
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 }.
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Harder \
Har "
der \ (
h [
aum ]
r "
d [~
e ]
r ),
n . (
Zool .)
A South African mullet ,
salted for food .
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