(past and past participle built)with obj.(常作be built)
1- construct (something, typically something large) by putting parts or material together over a period of time建筑, 建造：
the ironworks were built in 1736.
这座钢铁厂建于1736年。
1.1
- commission, finance, and oversee the building of (something)委托（或提供资金, 监管）建造：
the county council plans to build a bypass.
郡议会计划出资铺一条小路。
1.2
build something in /into
incorporate (something) and make it a permanent part of a structure, system, or situation使成为组成部分; 安装, 固定：engineers want to build in extra traction.
工程师们想要加入附加牵引装置。
1.3
- Computing compile (a program, database, index, etc.)【计算机】编（程序、数据库、索引等）。
1.4
- no obj.(of a program, database, index, etc.) be compiled（程序, 数据库, 索引等）被编。
1.5
- establish and develop (a business, relationship, or situation) over a period of time建立, 发展（生意, 关系或形势）：
he'd built up the store from nothing.
他白手起家成立了那家商店。
1.6
- no obj.
build on
use as a basis for further progress or development以…为发展基础： Britain should build on the talents of its workforce.
英国应该依靠其劳动大军的才能来发展。
1.7
- increase the size, intensity, or extent of增大; 加强：
we built up confidence in our abilities
我们逐步建立起对自己能力的信心
no obj. the air of excited anticipation builds.兴奋的期盼气氛不断增强。
1
- mass noun the proportions of a person's or animal's body（人或动物的）体形, 体格：
she was of medium height and slim build
她中等身材, 很苗条
in sing. he was an ideal build for a sprinter.他的体形很适合做一名短跑运动员。
1.1
- the style or form of construction of something, especially a vehicle（尤指车辆的）造型, 构造。
2
- Computing a compiled version of a program【计算机】构件。
2.1
- mass noun the process of compiling a program编程过程。
短语
build one's hopes up
- become ever more hopeful or optimistic about something对…抱有更大希望（或变得更加乐观）。
built on sand
- figurative without reliable foundations or any real substance〈喻〉不切实际的; 不牢固的; 不稳妥的。
词源
Old English byldan, from bold, botl 'dwelling'， of Germanic origin; related to BOWER1.