build

Compared meaning: to build or make something (verb).

比较义项：建造，建立（动词）。

• build 本词

  The everyday, general word for putting something together; used in casual speech for almost anything, from houses to forts, and often extends to abstract things like relationships.

  日常、通用的词，口语中几乎可用于任何搭建的东西，从房屋到堡垒都行，也常引申用于抽象事物，如建立关系。

  My uncle built a blanket fort in the living room for the kids.

  我叔叔在客厅给孩子们搭了一个毯子堡垒。

• construct

  A more formal, technical word, typical of engineering or official writing; usually describes carefully planned, often large or complex structures, and rarely used for casual, small, everyday things.

  更正式、更技术性的词，常见于工程或官方文书，通常描述经过精心规划、往往规模较大或复杂的结构，很少用于随意的日常小物件。

  Engineers plan to construct a new dam using reinforced concrete.

  工程师计划用钢筋混凝土建造一座新的大坝。

Build and construct both mean putting materials together to make something. Build is common and everyday, used for almost anything. Construct is more formal, used in writing or engineering, for bigger, complex structures. Build's meaning of building relationships is not compared here.

build和construct都指把材料组合搭建成实物，但build更口语、更常用，几乎什么东西都能用；construct更正式，多见于书面或工程、建筑类语境，且常搭配较大或较复杂的结构。这里不比较build用于抽象事物（如建立关系、信心）的引申义。

Compared meaning: a person's physical build or physique (noun).

比较义项：体格（名词）。

• frame

  Frame highlights the size and shape of a person's skeleton, often paired with words like large, small, or slight, and can sound slightly formal or literary.

  frame 强调人骨架的大小和形状，常与 large、small、slight 等词搭配，语气略正式或带文学色彩。

  Being a jockey, he needed a small, light frame to keep the horse's weight down.

  作为一名赛马骑师，他需要瘦小轻盈的体格，以减轻马匹的负重。

• build 本词

  Build describes a person's overall body shape and muscle tone, and is the everyday word used with adjectives like athletic, stocky, or slim.

  build 描述人整体的体型和肌肉状况，是日常口语中常用的说法，常与 athletic、stocky、slim 等词搭配。

  The coach was looking for players with a strong, athletic build.

  教练在寻找体格强壮、体型健硕的球员。

Frame and build can both describe a person's physique. Frame highlights skeleton size and shape, often with big or small, and is fairly formal. Build is the common word for body shape and muscle, often with athletic or slim. Not compared: frame (picture), build (verb).

这两个词都可以指人的体格，但侧重和语气不同：frame 强调骨架的大小和形状，常与 large、small、slight 等词搭配，语气略正式，带有骨架轮廓的意味；build 更常用于日常口语，指整体体型和肌肉状况，常与 athletic、stocky、slim 等词搭配。另外，frame 还有「相框」「框架」等常用义项，build 作动词还有「建造」的意思，这里都不比较。