Emery
['em(ə)rɪ] or ['ɛməri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper).
校對:谢尔曼--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum.
手打:西摩
解釋/意思:
n. a very hard mineral a variety of corundum used as powder for polishing &c.—v.t. to rub or coat with emery.—ns. Em′ery-pā′per paper covered with emery-powder for polishing; Em′ery-pow′der ground emery; Em′ery-wheel a wheel coated with emery for polishing.
整理:昆廷
例句/造句/用法:
- Knife roughed with coarse emery. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Kiraldy, Kennedy, and others of England, Thomasset of France, Riehle of Germany, and Fairbanks, Thurston and Emery of the United States, are among the noted inventors of such machines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Dissolve the glue in 3/4 quart of warm water, put in the lampblack and emery, stir till there are no lumps, then apply to the board with a woolen rag smoothly rolled. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- In May, 1877, a man named Emery called at Hubbard’s office, and leased two telephones for twenty dollars. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
錄入:里基