substance

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈsʌbstəns/|[ˈsʌbstənts]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Physical matter; material. countable,uncountable
    — Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
  2. Physical matter; material.; A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. countable,uncountable
  3. The essential part of anything; the most vital part. countable,uncountable
    — Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.
  4. Substantiality; solidity; firmness. countable,uncountable
    — Some textile fabrics have little substance.
  5. Material possessions; estate; property; resources. countable,uncountable
    — a man of substance
  6. Drugs (illegal narcotics) countable,uncountable
    — substance abuse
  7. Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To give substance to; to make real or substantial. rare,transitive
    — If life were nothing but what gets phrased and substanced, the world might as well be rolled up and laid away again in darkness.

词形变化

substances plural substaunce alternative,archaic substances present,singular,third-person substancing participle,present substanced participle,past substanced past substaunce alternative,archaic

词汇关系

近义词
corporeity body mass material matter stuff substance
反义词
nothing vacuum void energy force heat light power ego dream mind personality phantom shadow soul spirit
下位词
gas liquid solid food
衍生词
all style and no substance economic substance exosubstance ground substance innominate substance mucosubstance multisubstance nanosubstance Nissl substance nonsubstance perfluoroalkyl substance polyfluoroalkyl substance polysubstance queen substance substance dependence substancehood substanceless substanceness substance-wise substantification substantify
相关词
subsist substantial substantive

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc.
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