building

英 [ˈbɪldɪŋ]

美 [ˈbɪldɪŋ]

n. 建筑物; 房子; 楼房; 建筑; 建筑业
v. 建筑; 建造; 创建; 开发; 逐渐增强
build的现在分词

复数：buildings　现在分词：building　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.420 / COCA.501

牛津词典

noun

建筑物；房子；楼房
a structure such as a house or school that has a roof and walls
1. tall/old/historic buildings
  高大 / 老 / 有历史意义的建筑物
建筑；建筑业
the process and work of building
1. the building of the school
  学校的修建
2. There's building work going on next door.
  邻居正大兴土木。
3. the building trade
  建筑业
4. building materials/costs/regulations
  建筑材料 / 费用 / 规章

noun

the act of constructing something
1. during the construction we had to take a detour
2. his hobby was the building of boats
Synonym:construction
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
1. their main business is home construction
2. workers in the building trades
Synonym:construction
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
1. there was a three-story building on the corner
2. it was an imposing edifice
Synonym:edifice
the occupants of a building
1. the entire building complained about the noise

They set fire to vehicles outside that building
他们纵火焚烧了停在那幢大楼外的车辆。
There was no water in the building, just a pump in the courtyard
楼里没有水，只是在庭院里有个水泵。
He's in building.
他是搞建筑的。
He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.
他把工序倒过来了，从上往下建房子。
Did you encounter anyone in the building?
你在大楼里遇到谁了么？
They used a computer to plot the movements of everyone in the building.
他们使用了一台计算机绘制这座建筑里每个人的活动图表。
Crowds gathered around the Parliament building.
人群聚集在议会大厦的周围。
Protesters set cars on fire and burned a building
抗议者焚烧汽车，并烧毁了一座建筑。
The boom in building has resulted in the local land being more valuable now for houses.
营造业的兴旺导致了目前当地房屋建筑土地价格上涨。
Spillover damage from the building's demolition was confined to some broken glass.
拆除这座大楼带来的损失仅仅是一些玻璃被震碎了。