iter may have no solid
surface at all All A® Artis® 0 The boat bumped against a solid
object. fpSIli T®^±o 0 She had refused all
solid food.
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spaces inside; not hollow A
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solid evidence, fi f|] M 7 W ff fa AT
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marriage. AfMl
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GOOD BUT NOT SPECIAL ^ ^ 5 definitely good and
steady but perhaps not excellent or special ^ A la
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the material mentioned
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bracelet ££77-^1
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PERIOD OF TIME 7 (informal)
without a pause;
continuous & ^ ; A #]j&r W; 1IW: The essay
represents a solid week’s work. j&H —
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mentioned and no other
colour £$fe67 t6--fe67 One
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agreed
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solid, supported by all the
members,
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NOT LIQUID/GAS ftlA / a| 1 a substance or an
object that is solid, not a liquid or a gas @ W: liquids and solids
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solids (= eating solid food). ^JLj&At^HfAfTttlo
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SHAPE 7 fA 2 (geometry
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soli darity /.sDlTdaerati; NAmE
,sa:l-/ noun [U] ~ (with sb) support by one person
or group of people for another because they share feelings, opinions, aims,
etc. community
915 solitary confinement
solidarity 1±f$i0£n 0 to express/show
solidarity with sb &7F /A 0 Demonstrations were held as a
gesture of solidarity with the hunger strikers. Afll^ff
so lid ify /sa'lidifai/ verb
(so-lidi-fies,
solidifying, solidified, solidi-fied) - (into sth) 1 to
become solid; to make sth solid ( f<£ ) JUS, 4£#£n£5:
[V] The mixture
will solidify into toffee.
o [VN] solidified
lava 2 (formal) (of ideas, etc.
M
7#)
to become or to make sth become more definite and less likely to change ( fit ) ,
JR
@ : [V] Vague
objections to the system solidified into
firm opposition.
M
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as
of Romanesque
architecture 0
Her writings have extraordinary depth and solidity.
o the solidity of his
support for his staff
solidly /'SDlidli; NAmE 'sail-/ adv. 1 in a firm
and strong way a large,
solidly-built
house 0 He stood solidly in my path.
2 continuously; without stopping & ftk; ]h] ®t
Sfe; S H itfe: It rained solidly
for three hours. M T 7 M M X7 7 04 0
3 agreeing with or supporting sb/sth completely —■ itk; % £ W:
The state is solidly Republican. 0
.solid-'state adj. (technical A i§) using or
containing solid semiconductors a
solid-state radio S^^^fA W#. so lilo quy /sa'lilakwi/ noun [C, U] (pi. -ies) a speech in a play in
which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts; the
act of speaking thoughts in this way ® ( (ft £ is] ) V ® e4 EEE1
monologue : Hamlet’s famous
soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be... mo
the playwright’s use of
soliloquy W
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so lilo quize, -ise /sa'lilakwaiz/ verb [V] sol ipsism /'snlipsizam; NAmE 'sool-; 'sail-/ noun [U] (philosophy
14) the theory that only the self exists
or can be known ►
sol-ip-sis*tic /.SDlip'sistik; NAmE
,sa:l-; ,soul-/ adj.
soli-taire /,sDli'tea(r); NAmE 'sailater/ noun 1 [u] (BrE) a game for one person
in which you remove pieces from their places on a special board after moving
other pieces over them. The aim is to finish with only one piece left on the
board. # A ©fc # 2 [U] (NAmE) = patience(3)
3
[C] a single precious stone; a piece of jewellery
with a single precious stone in it ^^^Tf;
soli tary /'sDlatri; NAmE 'sailateri/ adj., noun
►
adj. 1 [usually before noun] done alone; without
other
people ® il £4; : She enjoys long solitary walks.
S o He led a solitary life. ffeMf-
®
® X ® 0 2 (of a person
or an animal tyj)
enjoying being alone;
frequently spending time alone #XA ( He
was a solitary child, ftfe^”'
7
® f$ W ^ 7 o o Tigers are solitary animals, ® ^ 3 (of a person, thing or
place A, alone, with no other people or things around #-764;
Tin single; a solitary farm — 7 o A solitary light burned dimly in the hall. A ff Mk #
— S5B7T, (k
ft} # Bf W it 0 4
[usually before
noun] (especially in
negative sentences and questions tlf^^^fllSN^)
only one ng - W ; f 0Qd single: There was not a
solitary shred of evidence (= none at all). — T iEW <, ►
sofi-tars-ness noun [U]
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noun (pi. -ies) 1 [U] (informal) = solitary confinement 2 [C] (formal) a person who chooses
to live alone ® fg
#;
Hl±
, solitary cou'finement (also informal soli-tary) noun [U] a punishment in which
a prisoner is kept alone in a