hard core
noun
uk/ˈhɑːd ˌkɔːr/us/ˈhɑːrd ˌkɔːr/hard corenoun(BELIEF)
[S,+ sing/pl verb](alsohard-core)
asmallgroupofpeoplewithin alargergroup, whostronglybelievein the group'sprinciplesand usually have a lot ofpowerin it:
(团体的)中坚分子,骨干力量,核心力量The hardcoreof thepartyhas notlostsightof theoriginalideals.该党的中坚分子还没有忘记最初的理想。
Religious people: believers & non-believers
- anti-evolution
- anti-evolutionary
- anti-evolutionist
- anti-humanist
- antichrist
- deist
- evolutionist
- faithful
- faithless
- faithlessly
- monotheist
- mystic
- non-believer
- non-Christian
- non-churchgoer
- theistic
- unbelief
- unbeliever
- unbelieving
- unconverted
hard corenoun(STONE/BRICK)
[U]mainlyUK
thepiecesofbrokenstone,brick, etc. used to make thebaseunder afloor,path, orroad
(用作地基、路基等的)碎砖石Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bamboo
- biomaterial
- fibro
- flagged
- flagstone
- flitch
- floorboard
- lacquer
- prestressed
- putty
- razor wire
- rebar
- reinforced
- shingle
- wattle and daub
- weatherboarding