名詞 cement:

1. concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement
2. a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar
3. something that hardens to act as adhesive material
4. any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
5. a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
   同義詞：cementum

動(dòng)詞 cement:

1. make fast as if with cement
2. cover or coat with cement
3. bind or join with or as if with cement

1. The sack of cement hit the ground with a thump.
   水泥袋砰的一聲落在地上。
2. Don't walk on the wet cement.
   水泥未乾時(shí)不要在上面行走。
3. The building is made of hydraulic cement.
   大樓是用水硬水泥建造的。
4. Our object is to further cement trade relations.
   我們的目標(biāo)是進(jìn)一步加強(qiáng)貿(mào)易關(guān)系。
5. The floor has been cemented over.
   地板上鋪了一層水泥。

ce.ment

n.（名詞）

A building material made by grinding calcined limestone and clay to a fine powder, which can be mixed with water and poured to set as a solid mass or used as an ingredient in making mortar or concrete.
水泥：通過(guò)把燒石灰和粘土研磨成細(xì)粉末做成的一種建筑用料，摻入水澆灌凝固成塊或用來(lái)作制成灰漿或混凝土的成分
Portland cement.
波特蘭水泥，普通水泥
Concrete.
混凝土
A substance that hardens to act as an adhesive; glue.
接合劑，接合膠：一種用作膠合材料膠接劑的物質(zhì)；接合膠
Something that serves to bind or unite:
鞏固物，聯(lián)合物：起鞏固或聯(lián)合作用的事物：
例句：
.Custom was in early days the cement of society.(Walter Bagehot)
.習(xí)俗是早期社會(huì)維系的紐帶.(沃爾特·巴杰特)

Geology A chemically precipitated substance that binds particles of clastic rocks.
【地質(zhì)學(xué)】 結(jié)合沉淀物：使碎屑巖的微料結(jié)合起來(lái)的一種化學(xué)沉淀物
Dentistry A substance used for filling cavities or anchoring crowns, inlays, or other restorations.
【牙科學(xué)】 黏固粉：一種用以填補(bǔ)齒洞，固定齒冠，鑲嵌或作其他修補(bǔ)的物質(zhì)
Variant of cementum
cementum的變體
v.（動(dòng)詞）
ce.ment.ed,ce.ment.ing,ce.ments
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To bind with or as if with cement.
粘結(jié)，膠合（象水泥一樣）鞏固
To cover or coat with cement.
鋪或涂上水泥
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To become cemented.
粘牢，膠牢

<習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)>in cement
Firmly settled or determined; unalterable:
堅(jiān)定的，下定決心的；不可動(dòng)搖的：
例句：
The administration`s position on taxes was set in cement despite the unfavorable public response.
盡管公眾輿論反對(duì)，政府在稅收上的立場(chǎng)仍是堅(jiān)如磐石

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French ciment
源自 古法語(yǔ) ciment
from Latin caementum [rough-cut stone]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) caementum [粗切的石頭]
from caedere [to cut] * see ka…-id-
源自 caedere [切] *參見(jiàn) ka…-id-

【引伸】
cement.er
n.（名詞）