单词 | overwrap |
释义 | overwrapn. A thing which wraps; spec. a flexible wrapping fitted over packaged goods. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > flexible overwrap1875 1875 B. B. Rogers tr. Aristophanes Wasps 177 It [sc. a mantle] seemed to me Most like an overwrap of Morychus. 1950 Sci. Monthly July 62/2 No. 450 cellophane often may be used without an overwrap. 1969 L. S. Mounts in W. R. R. Park Plastics Film Technol. v. 122 The greater stiffness [of medium density polyethylene films] improves the machinability for overwrap applications. 1989 Green Mag. Dec. 17/3 This is a waste of resources—surely all that is needed is one cellophane overwrap and the tea bags loose inside the box. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overwrapv. transitive. To fit or wrap over or round (something); to envelop or wrap in something. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] bewindOE writheOE windc1175 bewrap?c1225 lapa1300 umbelaya1300 umbeweave1338 wlappec1380 enwrapa1382 wrapa1382 inlap1382 envelop1386 forwrapc1386 hapc1390 umbeclapa1400 umbethonrea1400 umblaya1400 wapc1420 biwlappea1425 revolve?a1425 to roll up?a1425 roll?c1425 to roll ina1475 wimple1513 to wind up?1533 invest1548 circumvolve1607 awrap1609 weave1620 sheet1621 obvolve1623 embowdle1625 amict1657 wry1674 woold1775 overwrap1815 wrapper1885 wrapper1905 weve- 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. xiv. 431 Overwrapping each other like the tiles of a house. 1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur viii. ix. 530 Priests..in their plain white garments overwrapped by abnets of many folds. 1897 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 8 89 Truth and love, says he, are, however, overwrapped by external elements or impure and selfish motives. 1972 Daily Tel. 12 May (Colour Suppl.) 13/2 Overwrap anything large like poultry with mutton cloth for extra protection [in the freezer]. 1995 BBC Good Food Aug. 108/1 When the food is cold, cover or overwrap it tightly with freezer foil or a freezer bag. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875v.1815 |
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