| 单词 | balloon cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballoon cloth balloon cloth n. any strong, light, impermeable cloth used for making the bags of hot-air balloons. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > gas or air container of balloon or airship > cloth balloon cloth1849 balloon fabric1881 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > thin, light, or delicate > for other uses balloon cloth1849 scrim1880 balloon fabric1881 window scrim1887 1849 Sci. Amer. 21 July 349/3 The construction of the steam balloon may not require more than 3 months, provided that such a material can be obtained for the Balloon Cloth. 1873 Times 4 Oct. 6/5 A knot of gentlemen were tearing strips from a piece of the balloon cloth they had somehow obtained, as easily as if it were paper. 1912 C. B. Hayward Pract. Aeronautics i. iii. 14 Three layers of this rubberized fabric are cemented together to form what is known as ‘balloon cloth’, which is about as impermeable a material as can be made without involving undue weight. 1917 Illustr. London News 17 Nov. 601/2 I walked inside the envelope [of a Zeppelin]... On the way I passed a tube of balloon cloth. 1945 Times 20 July 10/1 The processes we have been called upon to undertake..include such materials as balloon cloth, parachute fabrics, anti-gas clothing, [etc.]. 2004 Canberra Times (Nexis) 28 Mar. The balloon is made from more than 1000 pieces of balloon cloth. < as lemmas |
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