英和和英

名詞

build-up (複数形 build-ups)

1. Alternative form of buildup
   • 2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1-3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:

     Steve Gohouri was guilty of losing possession deep inside his own half, allowing Davies to find Ngog for Bolton's second, before Antolin Alcaraz was dispossessed in the build-up to their third.

   • 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:

     Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."

   • 2023 March 22, “Network News: Class 175s withdrawn for safety checks after fires”, in RAIL, number 979, page 13:

     The rest were undergoing special underbody cleaning safety checks at TfW depots, after speculation that the cause of the incidents may have been a build-up of engine oil and combustible material such as fallen leaves and general detritus.

アナグラム

• upbuild

動詞

build up (三人称単数 現在形 builds up, 現在分詞 building up, 過去形および過去分詞形 built up)

1. To erect; to construct.
2. To close up by building.

   to build up a door

3. (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate, to pile up, to increase in stages.
   • 1962 April, R. K. Evans, “The Acceptance Testing of Diesel Locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 268:

     The first English Electric units were not fitted with an anti-slip brake, but a hurried consultation of the wiring diagram showed that it should be possible to hold in the low-voltage anti-slip relay for long enough to let speed build up without cutting off the motor current.

   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, in BBC:

     Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence.

   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

   Ever since the secretary left, the letters in my inbox have started to build up.

4. (transitive, idiomatic) To strengthen.

   They had to build up their fortress to protect against attack.

   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "It took it out of me, though. I'm a rag this morning." "They work you too hard, dear. I'll take you to Margate and build you up." "Well, maybe at Easter we could do a week."

5. (card games) In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of lower value. (e.g., place 5♦ over 4♣)

同意語

• (construct): assemble, put together; see also Thesaurus:build
• (close up): close, close off, cover, shut, shut off
• (accumulate): amass, heap up; see also Thesaurus:pile up
• (strengthen): fortify, reinforce; see also Thesaurus:strengthen

反意語

• (card games): build down

名詞

build up

1. Misspelling of buildup.

アナグラム

• upbuild

名詞

buildup (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 buildups)

1. An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.

   Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.

   There was a buildup of pressure in the boiler.

2. (dentistry) The construction of a composite core to repair a damaged tooth.
   • 2017, Jose-Luis Ruiz, Supra-Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry (page 103)

     Blocking undercuts out with bonded flowable composite is an option, but the time involved doing a buildup, plus the additional complication to provisionalize, make this option less desirable (Figure 6.19e).

反意語

• teardown

アナグラム

• upbuild