proof过去式

1. 证明，证据，论证
2. 检验，考验，验算
3. 【印】校样，样张，印样
4. 【律】证件，证词，证言，物证
5. 检定的品质
6. 试管
7. 标准强度
8. 检验，考验
9. 浓度标准
10. 【数】证明，证法

1. 规定的，合乎标准的
2. 检验用的
3. 试验过的，有保证的
4. 校样的
5. 耐...的，防…的，…不入的
6. 不能穿透的，能抵挡的, 能防范的

1. 试验，试验
2. 使不透水，使防水
3. 使经得住，使耐久，使有耐力
4. 校对，验证，检验，考验
5. 把…印成校样，印…的校样
6. 给（织物）做防护处理
7. 使…能防
8. 使…不能穿透
9. proofread的缩略形式

1. any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something;

   "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it"
   

2. a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
3. a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
4. (printing) an impression made to check for errors
5. a trial photographic print from a negative
6. the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

1. (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand;

   "temptation-proof"
   "childproof locks"
   

1. make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
2. knead to reach proper lightness;

   "proof dough"
   

3. read for errors;

   "I should proofread my manuscripts"
   

4. activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk;

   "proof yeast"
   

5. make resistant (to harm);

   "proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer"
   

1.证据；证物；证言
Proof is a fact, argument, or piece of evidence which shows that something is definitely true or definitely exists.

e.g. You have to haveproof of residence in the state of Texas, such as a Texas ID card...
你必须有在得克萨斯州的居住证明，比如得克萨斯身份证。
e.g. This is not necessarilyproof that he is wrong...
这不一定就证明他是错的。

2.校样；样张；初印稿
In publishing, theproofs of a book, magazine, or article are a first copy of it that is printed so that mistakes can be corrected before more copies are printed and published.

e.g. I'm correcting the proofs of the Spanish edition right now.
我正在校正西班牙语版本的校样。

3.标准酒精度
Proof is used after a number of degrees or a percentage, when indicating the strength of a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky.

e.g. ...a glass of Wild Turkey bourbon: 101 degreesproof.
一杯威特基波旁威士忌：酒精度为101°

4.不能穿透的；耐…的；能防…的
If something or someone isproof against a particular thing, they cannot be damaged, harmed, or affected by it.

e.g. The fortress wasproof against the techniques of attack then in use...
该防御工事能抵御当时所使用的各种进攻手段。
e.g. His papers wereproof against all but the most expert of scrutinies.
他的论文几乎可以经受住最专业的审查。

5.典型的例证；活生生的例子
If you say that someone isliving proof of something, you mean that their actions or personal qualities show that a particular fact is true or that a particular quality exists.

e.g. He is livingproof that some players just get better with age.
有些运动员年纪越大状态越好，他就是个活生生的例子。

6.正面例子
To beproof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.

e.g. The Windermere Golf Club isproof positive that golf and ecology can co-exist in perfect harmony.
温德米尔高尔夫俱乐部证明了高尔夫和生态能完全和谐共存。

7. burden ofproof -> see burden
theproof of the pudding is in the eating -> see pudding

1. The blood on his shoes was a proof of his guilt.
   他鞋子上的血迹就是他犯罪的证据。
2. Miss Ada has just sent me the proofs of her new book.
   埃达小姐刚把她新书的校样送给我。
3. The liquor is 70% proof.
   这种酒为标准度数的70%。
4. Is life on the Mars capable of proof?
   火星有生命的说法可以验证吗?

be living proof of

活证明show sth by the fact that one is alive

put to the proof

考验某人〔某物〕; 对某事物的真实性加以检验test sb/sth; test the truth of sth
put sb/sth to the proof

That box looks big enough; but let us put it to the proof.

那个箱子看起来够大的,但是我们还要把它检验一下。

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的prueve；最初源自古典拉丁语的probare，意为证明，证实。