solid作名词时,意思是“固体”,也可指“立方体”。solid还可指“(液体中的)固形物”“固体食物”,这时通常要用复数形式solids。

Iron, wood and ice are solid.铁、木和冰是固体。
A dice is a solid.骰子是立方体。
Milk solids include salts, protein and sugar.牛乳中的固体物质包括盐分、蛋白质和糖。
He is still too ill to take solids.他病还没好,不能吃非流质食物。

［同义词］ adj.  reliable, sensible, compact, dense, hard
［反义词］ adj.  unreliable, untrustworthy, hollow
［词源］  ＜中古英语solide(实心的)

1.solid用作形容词,可作“固体的”“结实的”“实心的”解; 也可作“可靠的”“纯质的,纯色的”解; 还可作“连续的”解。
2.solid可用very修饰。
3.solid作“固体的;实心的;连续的”解时,无比较级和最高级形式。作其他几个意思解时,只有最高级,无比较级。

用作定语
▲～+n.
Ice is water in a solid state.冰是固体状态的水。
Water in a solid state is ice.水的固体形态是冰。
My father is so ill that he can't eat solid food.我父亲病得很厉害,以至于不能吃非流体食物。
This old house has a very solid foundation.这座旧房子有非常结实的地基。
He had a solid excuse for being absent.他缺席的理由充分。
My father is a solid member of the community.我父亲是这个团体中可靠的成员。
This is a solid hiding-place.这是一个安全的藏身之处。
These are solid silver plates.这些盘子是纯银的。
The curtains are solid blue.窗帘都是纯蓝色的。
A solid foot contains 1728 solid inches.1立方英尺相当于1728立方英寸。
She put in a solid week on an editorial.她花了整整一星期写一篇社论。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
A bar of iron is solid; a pipe is hollow.铁棍是实心的,而管子是空心的。
The tyres of the earliest cars were solid.最早的汽车轮胎是实心的。
The foundation of the old house is still solid.老屋的地基仍然是坚固的。
The citadel was solid.城堡是坚固的。
His place in history is now solid.他在历史上的地位现已稳固地确立起来。
His shackles were solid.他的镣铐紧锁着。
The strike was 100 per cent solid.这次罢工是全体职工百分之百的一致行动。
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
The members were solid against the idea.会员们一致反对这个意见。
用作宾语补足语
▲S+V+O+～
Make the windows solid before leaving the house.出门之前把窗户关严。
The surf had pounded the beach solid, so it was easy to walk on.海浪已把海滩冲击得非常坚实,所以很容易在上面行走。

solid, firm, hard
参见firm条。