| 单词 | hermetic sealing |
| 释义 | > as lemmashermetic sealing b. hermetic seal, hermetic sealing: air tight closure of a vessel, esp. a glass vessel, by fusion, soldering, or welding; also applied in Surgery to a method of dressing wounds (see quot. 1886). Also figurative. Hence hermetic for ‘hermetically sealed’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > water- or air-pressure-tight closure Hermes' seal1605 hermetic seal1663 watertightness1826 pressure tightness1945 1663 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. Funeral Abp. Armagh in Wks. (1831) IV. 53 Not nature, but grace and glory, with an hermetic seal, give us a new signature. 1705 C. Purshall Ess. Mechanism Macrocosm 140 Boyle has observed Water to Dilate, and contract it self..by an Hermetic Glass Bubble. 1825 J. Bentham Indications Respecting Ld. Eldon 47 The same hand..has..as if by an hermetic seal, closed all such crannies. 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hermetic sealing..Also, a mode of treatment of penetrating wounds of the chest or abdomen by closing them externally with collodion and scraps of lint. < as lemmas |
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