单词 | sand-blast |
释义 | sand-blastn. 1. A contrivance for depolishing or grinding glass, stone, wood or hard metal by means of a jet of sand impelled by compressed air or steam. Also attributive, esp. sand-blast process. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > other equipment ladle1483 frache1662 paddle1662 strocals1662 basin1728 setting-board1825 cuvette1832 sabre1832 fly-frame1835 chair1845 snapdragon1869 sand-blast1871 parallelometer1887 chevalet1890 harbour1891 hearth1898 frigger1923 drawbar1926 1871 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 155 An engraving produced by the use of the sand-blast... This is then passed beneath the sand-blast, and the cutting obtained. 1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 136/1 Permanent Tablets, being texts and mottoes..engraved by the Sand-blast process. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Sand Blast Sharpening, the sharpening of files by the direction of a current of sand and water across the teeth. 2. A blast of sandy or sand-laden wind or liquid. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blast or gust of > types of rebuff1667 thunder-gust?1748 gully-squall1867 rattle1872 sand-blast1898 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of squirting or issuing in a jet > [noun] > a jet > of sand-laden liquid sand-blast1898 1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin xii. iv Hot and stifling as sand-blasts of the desert. 1913 V. B. Lewes Oil Fuel iii. 69 A big gusher would, by sand-blast action, cut through the chilled steel shields in a few days. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online September 2021). sand-blastv. To subject to a blast of sand or the like, esp. so as to clean or polish. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > grit-, sand-, or shot-blasting > [verb (transitive)] sand-blast1888 shot-blast1937 grit-blast1962 1888 Texas Siftings 6 Oct. 6/3 ‘Sleigh-bells! Well, I'll be sand blasted!’ said the business man. ‘What do you mean by trying to sell sleigh-bells in this section of the country? Don't you know it never snows here?’ 1924 Jrnl. Inst. Metals 32 294 The present-day practice is to sand-blast almost every article which is to be metal sprayed. 1939 A. K. Lobeck Geomorphol. xi. 376 (caption) The sand grains have been sand-blasted away but the more durable binding silica..has resisted the attack. 1972 Timber Trades Jrnl. 3 June 47/1 The metal surfaces to be coated are first sand-blasted to remove grease and impurities. 1979 H. McCloy Smoking Mirror 176 The old buildings..had been sand-blasted to preserve their fabric. Derivatives ˈsand-blasted adj. scored by wind-driven sand. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > mark on feature or surface > [adjective] ripple-marked1831 wave-marked1903 sand-blasted1908 the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > made rough or ruffled ruffled1440 hackled1611 crizzledc1639 asperated1677 roughened1715 roughed1758 rasped1864 sand-blasted1908 1908 Edinb. Rev. July 82 In Triassic times England itself was a desert, as the sand-blasted granite boulders of Charnwood Forest attest. 1937 U. R. Evans Metallic Corrosion Passivity & Protection xiii. 545 A roughened (sand-blasted) surface appears necessary for good adhesion. 1975 New Yorker 19 May 11/3 (advt.) Polished and sandblasted stainless-steel sculptures. ˈsand-blaster n. (a) a workman who uses sand-blast; (b) = sand-blast n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > depolishing sand-blaster?1881 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with other specific tools or equipment presser1545 stamper1556 blocker1609 benchman1658 engineman1777 squaremanc1790 kettleman1833 vice-man1837 poleman1859 tackle-man1859 ladler1875 sand-blaster?1881 ticket chopper1898 cager1908 gadgeteer1926 paint sprayer1928 ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 89 Glass Sand Blaster. 1920 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 35 518 (heading) The efficiency of certain devices used for the protection of sand blasters against the dust hazard. 1974 Nature 5 Apr. 502/1 Abraiding freshly made implements in a tumbling mill, or sandblaster. 1975 M. Bradbury Hist. Man iii. 44 Another [student] brought a sand-blaster and cleaned off the walls of the basement. 1976 ‘Trevanian’ Main (1977) iv. 76 The sandblasters have cleaned..a façade that used to bear the comfortable patina of soot... For months now, they have been sand-blasting the building. ˈsand-blasting n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > grit-, sand-, or shot-blasting > [noun] sand-blasting1904 shot-blast1923 shot-blasting1934 grit-blasting1936 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 257/1 Sand blasting is another method of producing an etched effect upon glass. 1935 H. R. Simonds Finishing Metal Products xii. 105 The term ‘sand blasting’ is commonly used to describe the application of an abrasive material under pressure to surfaces to be cleaned or otherwise treated. Even when steel grit is used as the abrasive, the term ‘sand blasting’ is frequently retained. 1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 42/1 Dissolution, leaching, sandblasting, cracking and melting of fireproof doors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1871v.?1881 |
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