| 单词 | indelible pencil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasindelible pencil a. of a material mark, stain, etc. or of the substance which makes these, as indelible ink; also indelible pencil. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [adjective] > incapable of obliteration > of substance indelible1579 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > remaining in specified condition > not fading unwalloweda1500 indelible1579 standing1716 fade-proof1909 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 422 Before he..hath his indeleble character scraped out of his handes and fingers endes. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 850 The women paint their faces with indeleble lines. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis Pref. Pricking the same with Needles, then they take Indeliable tincture. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Indeleble. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Indelible. 1769 J. Cook Jrnl. (1955) I. 125 Both sexes paint their bodys Tattow as it is called in their language, this is done by inlaying the Colour of black under their skins in such a manner as to be indelible. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 783 (heading) Indelible ink for marking linen, &c. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 490/2 In the indelible and copying pencils which have come into use in recent years, the colouring matter is an aniline preparation mixed with clay and gum. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 July 9/1 All the newspaper offices in San Francisco yesterday received a communication written in Roman scrip [sic] with an indelible pencil, many of the words being heavily underscored. 1961 Lebende Sprachen 6 69/2 Indelible pencil, der Tintenstift. < as lemmas |
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