rigidity

CET-6 FREQ #48822

n. 坚硬, 僵化, 坚硬, 刚性, 刚度 [化] 刚度系数

发音

UK /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɪdɪti/

词形变化

rigidities 复数 rigidities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape.

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    moral rigidity

    The metal’s rigidity made it hard to bend.

    She disliked the rigidity of the rules.

  2. 2.

    The amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.

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    structural rigidity

  3. 3.

    Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

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    speak with excessive rigidity

  4. 4.

    stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

rigidness inflexibility

上位词 2

inelasticity unadaptability

下位词 3

inflexibility inflexibleness sticklerism

相关短语

rigidity modulus rigidity moduli modulus of rigidity [化] 刚性模量 moduli of rigidity Born rigidity

词源

From rigid + -ity, from Latin rigiditas.

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