| 释义 |
talcy, a.|ˈtælkɪ|
Also 7–9 talky, 8– talcky.
[f. talc n. + -y: for form with -ck- cf. colicky.]
a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or consisting of talc.
1676Phil. Trans. XI. 615 Some are marly..; some bolar, some sandy, some talky, some limy. 1709Ibid. XXVI. 384 A foliated or talky Earth. 1733Ibid. XXXVIII. 66 At last by encreasing the Fire to the highest Degree, there sublimed some white Talcky [printed Talckly] Flowers. 1746Da Costa ibid. XLIV. 405 Most of the talcy Bodies are of a fibrous Nature. 1799W. Tooke Russ. Emp. I. 118 There rises a talcky micaceous schistus out of the trapp. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxv. 58 The micaceous and talky slates of his country. 1965G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. x. 162/2 A large land-slip extends over a good deal of the lens, and material in the slip contains large blocks of talcy serpentine.
b. Of or pertaining to talcum powder, in toilet and cosmetic use. Cf. talc n. 2 d. colloq.
1972Daily Tel. 11 July 13 The faint, talcy smell of babies in the bathroom. |