Asbestos
[æz'bestɒs;æs-;-təs] or [æs'bɛstəs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer.
埃塞尔手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.
校對:奥菲莉娅
解釋/意思:
n. an incombustible mineral a variety of hornblende of a fine fibrous texture resembling flax: (fig.) anything unquenchable.—adjs. Asbes′tic Asbes′tous Asbes′tine of or like asbestos: incombustible.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Asbestos commenced to be used about the same time. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- To ignite them, a small bottle containing sulphuric acid and asbestos was provided, and they were arranged together in an ornamental taper-stand for the chimney-piece. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- As for paper, there is everything in white and colored, from thinnest tissue up to the heaviest asbestos, even a few newspapers being always on hand. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I had brought over a few curiosities, among which the principal was a purse made of the _asbestos_, which purifies by fire. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Two vessels, one inside the other, are separated by sawdust, asbestos, or other poor conducting material (Fig. 18). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The filters used in ordinary dwellings are of stone, asbestos, or charcoal. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The armature, or moving part of the machine, consists in reality of eight separate armatures all constructed of corrugated sheet iron covered with asbestos and wound with wire. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Asbestos commenced to be used about the same time. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- To ignite them, a small bottle containing sulphuric acid and asbestos was provided, and they were arranged together in an ornamental taper-stand for the chimney-piece. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- As for paper, there is everything in white and colored, from thinnest tissue up to the heaviest asbestos, even a few newspapers being always on hand. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I had brought over a few curiosities, among which the principal was a purse made of the _asbestos_, which purifies by fire. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Two vessels, one inside the other, are separated by sawdust, asbestos, or other poor conducting material (Fig. 18). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The filters used in ordinary dwellings are of stone, asbestos, or charcoal. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The armature, or moving part of the machine, consists in reality of eight separate armatures all constructed of corrugated sheet iron covered with asbestos and wound with wire. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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