| 单词 | empty cell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasempty cell empty cell adj. (attributive) designating any method of treating timber with a preservative in which the walls of the cells of the wood are coated with the preservative but the cavities of the cells remain empty. ΚΠ 1904 Railway Rev. Dec. 75/2 This is the so-called ‘empty cell impregnation’ method of applying creosote or tar oil. 1946 K. T. Cartwright & W. P. K. Findlay Decay of Timber xiii. 260 It is usual to treat poles and timber for building use by the empty cell process, by means of which the walls of cells of the wood are left coated with a layer of preservative, but the cavities are empty. 1968 W. E. Willis Timber iv. 86 The two empty cell methods are known as the Rueping and Lawry processes. 2003 J. L. Bowyer et al. Forest Products & Wood Sci. (ed. 4) xi. 282 Figure 11.12 illustrates the pressure-time sequence used in the pressure-treating tank for one type of empty cell process, that is, the Rueping process. < as lemmas |
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