单词 | all-metal |
释义 | > as lemmasall-metal (ii) With nouns denoting the material or substance, used attributively as adjectives, as all-aluminium, all-carbon, all-metal, all-silk, all-steel, all-wool, etc. ΚΠ 1838 Brit. Farmer's Mag. July 218 The more wealthy brides have all silk gowns laid by for great occasions. 1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 344/2 They were dressed very neatly; the girls in fawn-colored all-wool mousselines. 1882 Daily News 4 Mar. The demand is most apparent in all-wool dress goods. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 41/1 (advt.) Novo Trench Pump Outfits. On skids or all-steel trucks. 1933 Discovery Oct. 325/2 An all-aluminium train was exhibited for the first time at the Chicago World's Fair this year. 1951 J. Cornish Provincials 128 ‘Hiccups gone,’ Matt growled at the modernistic all-glass doors of the Queen Mary Club. 1977 Bon Appétit May 52/1 The best for-the-home buys are flokati , all-wool rugs with thick, loose pile. 1991 Sci. News 14 Dec. 391/1 Several research groups report that they have inserted up to four metal atoms into these cage-like, all-carbon molecules, paving the way for a new class of fullerene materials. 1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts lvii. 680/1 Resin-treated all-cotton sheets have varying degrees of resistance to wrinkling. 2009 New Yorker 31 Aug. 50/2 In 1963, the French tennis player and fashion icon René Lacoste created the first successful all-metal racquet. < as lemmas |
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