construction
kәn'strʌkʃәnnoun
A11,975th most heard wordIn 54 of 2278 videos (2%)heard 92 timeslast on Oct 17, 2026
- n. the act of constructing something
- n. a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- n. the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
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- 0:09He had somehow fallen into this deep hole at a construction site, and when Lewis at Wildlife Aid got the call, he raced over.他不知怎么掉进了建筑工地的这个深洞里，野生动物援助中心的刘易斯接到电话后，立刻赶了过去。Baby Fox Trapped 10 Feet Underground Is Nearly Impossible To Reach | The Dodo
- 13:19There is construction work going on here.这里有建筑工作正在进行。Learn Real -Life British English - Birmingham! | Comprehensible Input B2
- 14:21Said we're doing a bit of speed work today, and I didn't know what that meant, and I thought that he was just pulling me over because there was construction or something like that.他说我们今天在做一些“速度训练”，我不知道那是什么意思，我还以为他拦下我只是因为有施工之类的原因。Stephen Colbert on the Emmys, His Wife Hating His Beard & Gifting Jimmy His Captain America Shield
- 16:36Another thing you'll always see in New York City is something under construction.在纽约市，另一件你总会看到的事就是到处都有施工。24 hours in New York City - English Vlog
- 15:56Still intact, 800 years or so after construction.在建造约800年后，依然完好无损。Exploring a Hidden Ghost City! 👻 | Lost Cities with Albert Lin | Nat Geo Kids
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- construction worker11×construction of8×under construction7×construction solution6×this construction6×
Related words
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city'sitin. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districtsherehiәn. the present location; this placeinjury'indʒәrin. any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.somehow'sʌmhauadv. in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified meansfallfɒ:ln. the season when the leaves fall from the treeswildwaildn. a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
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