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单词 rubberoid
释义 rubberoid|ˈrʌbərɔɪd|
Also Rubberoid.
[f. rubber n.1 III + -oid.]
A substitute for rubber. Also attrib.
Formerly a proprietary name in the U.S. Quot. 1968 seems to denote a different substance (cf. Ruberoid, with which there may have been confusion).
1884Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 8 Jan. 112/1 Composition as a substitute for hard rubber—The James D. Frary & Son Co., Bridgeport, Conn. Application filed November 26, 1883. ‘The word Rubberoid.’1910[mentioned s.v. rubber n.1 11].1951R. Bradbury Illustrated Man (1952) 160 The city awaited the soft tread of their rubberoid boots.1968S. E. Roberts Of Us & Oxen x. 137 We also lost a piece of rubberoid. I don't know how such a heavy thing could have gotten away.
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