Vellum
['veləm] or ['vɛləm]
解释:
(noun.) fine parchment prepared from the skin of a young animal e.g. a calf or lamb.
(noun.) a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment.
多米尼克整理--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books.
整理:朱莉安娜
解释:
n. a finer kind of parchment prepared by lime-baths and burnishing from the skins of calves kids or lambs.
整理:理查德
例句:
- These 150 plates are interlaid with pieces of fine vellum about four inches square, and beaten till the gold is extended nearly to the size of the vellum leaves. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- It is of little use unless I can cut letters, and press them on vellum as I did these cards. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The press worked to perfection, and when they removed the vellum sheet the printed letters were clear, beautifully formed, and ranged in perfect lines. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- It is written on vellum, and is some four or five thousand years old. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It is written on vellum with a pen, and all the initial letters are illuminated. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
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