building
US: /ˈbɪɫdɪŋ/
UK: /bˈɪldɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
building /'bildiɳ/- danh từ
- kiến trúc; sự xây dựng
- công trình kiến trúc, công trình xây dựng
- toà nhà, binđinh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C] a structure such as a house or school that has a roof and walls: tall / old / historic buildings + The Blue Mosque at Isfahan is the most beautiful building I have ever seen.
2 [U] the process and work of building: the building of the Channel Tunnel + There's building work going on next door. + the building trade + building materials / costs / regulations
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
edifice, structure, construction, erection:
The building where I work is air-conditioned.
Collocation
1 house, church, school, etc.
ADJ.
big, high-rise, large, tall | low, single-storey, small | attractive, beautiful, fine, imposing, impressive, magnificent | crumbling, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown | ancient, historic, old | seventeenth-century, etc. | listed
They were refused planning permission for a modern extension because it was a Grade II listed building.
| brick, concrete, stone, timber, wooden | industrial, public, residential | airport, apartment, church, factory, farm, headquarters, hospital, office, prison, school
VERB + BUILDING
build, erect, put up
Several new buildings are now being put up.
| demolish, destroy, flatten, gut, knock down, pull down, raze, tear down
The building was gutted by fire.
| damage | renovate, restore
They're renovating the old farm buildings.
BUILDING + VERB
collapse
2 process/business of building sth
ADJ.
nest, road | empire, team
BUILDING + NOUN
business, company, contractor, firm, industry, sector, trade | programme, project, scheme | activity, development, work
We're having some building work done.
| controls, regulations | land, site | materials | boom | costs | worker
Concise dictionary
buildings'bɪldɪŋnoun
+a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
+the act of constructing something
+the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
+the occupants of a building
built|builds|buildingbɪld
noun
+constitution of the human body
+alternative names for the body of a human being
verb
+make by combining materials and parts
+form or accumulate steadily
+build or establish something abstract
+improve the cleansing action of
+order, supervise, or finance the construction of
+give form to, according to a plan
+be engaged in building
+found or ground
+bolster or strengthen
+develop and grow
