Lime

[laɪm]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees.

(noun.) any of various related trees bearing limes.

(verb.) cover with lime so as to induce growth; 'lime the lawn'.

桃瑞丝整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.

(n.) The linden tree. See Linden.

(n.) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.

(n.) Birdlime.

(n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.

(v. t.) To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.

(v. t.) To entangle; to insnare.

(v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.

(v. t.) To cement.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Quicklime, protoxide of calcium.[2]. Linden, lime-tree.

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解釋/意思:

n. a kind of citron or lemon tree and its fruit.—n. Lime′-juice the acid juice of the lime used at sea as a specific against scurvy.

n. any slimy or gluey material: bird-lime: the white caustic earth from limestone and used for cement.—v.t. to cover with lime: to cement: to manure with lime: to ensnare.—ns. Lime′-burn′er one who burns limestone to form lime; Lime′kiln a kiln or furnace in which limestone is burned to lime; Lime′-light or Calcium-light light produced by a blowpipe-flame directed against a block of pure compressed quicklime; Lime′stone stone from which lime is procured by burning; Lime′twig a twig smeared with bird-lime: a snare; Lime′wash a coating given with a solution of lime; Lime′wa′ter a saturated aqueous solution of lime.—adjs. Lim′ous gluey: slimy: muddy; Lim′y glutinous: sticky: containing resembling or having the qualities of lime.

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