| 单词 | indian teak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasIndian teak a. A large East Indian tree ( Tectona grandis, N.O. Verbenaceæ), with opposite egg-shaped leaves and panicles of white flowers; more usually, its timber, a dark, heavy, oily wood of great strength and durability, used largely in the construction of ships and railway carriages, and in India also for building houses, and for sleepers, furniture, etc.; distinctively called Indian teak. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > teak teak1698 teak timber1727 teak-wood1783 teak-oil1968 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian > teak trees teak1698 teak-tree1801 ben teak1866 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 142 The Sheds here were round, thatch'd, and lined with broad Leaves of Teke (the Timber Ships are built with). 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 178 Teke..is the firmest Wood they have for Building. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies x. 174 As to the wood, it is a sort, called teak, to the full as durable as oak. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) II. 244 Their ships..of a very strong wood called Teck. a1785 A. Parsons Trav. (1808) x. 215 This timber and plank are peculiar to India only;..it is called tick. 1793 W. Hodges Trav. India 87 I found the teek, a timber remarkable for its hardness and size. 1811 tr. Niebuhr's Trav. Arabia cliv, in J. Pinkerton Gen. Coll. Voy. X. 216 That excellent wood called Tæk. 1853 F. Wayland Mem. Life Judson I. xi. 413 Large forests of teak have been discovered in the interior [of Burma]. 1883 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 325/1 Indian Teak (Tectona grandis). < as lemmas |
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