proof
n. 证据, 证明, 试验, 检验, 考验 a. 不能透入的, 证明用的, 防...的, 耐...的 vt. 检验, 试验, 校对, 使不被穿透 [计] 审稿
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教材释义与例句
证明；证据；校样；考验；验证；试验
试验；校对；使不被穿透
防…的；不能透入的；证明用的；耐…的
释义与例句
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1.
An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
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可数 不可数I need proof of your unconditional love. Lend me some dough.
1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems, But the false Fox most kindly played his part, For whatsoever mother-wit or art Could work he put in proof. No practice sly, No counterpoint of cunning policy, No reach, no breach, that might him profit bring. But he the same did to his purpose wring.
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The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
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The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
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Experience of something.
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Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
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A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
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A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
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A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
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A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
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Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
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A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
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To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
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To test the activeness of (yeast).
及物 烹饪yeast proofing
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To proofread.
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To make resistant, especially to water.
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To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
及物 烹饪dough proofing
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Used in proving or testing.
a proof load; a proof charge
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Firm or successful in resisting.
proof against harm
waterproof; bombproof
quoted in 1818, Christopher Kelly, History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event The French cavalry, in proof armour, repeatedly charged our squares, their cannon opening chasms; but the British infantry, though greatly diminished, were inflexible and impenetrable to the last.
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Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
60% proof liquor
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词源
From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probō (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.
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