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单词 sandpaper
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sandpapern.adj.

Forms: Also with hyphen and as two words.
Etymology: < sand n.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsandpaper.
a. Paper upon which a layer of sand has been fixed by means of an adhesive, used chiefly for smoothing or polishing woodwork by abrasion.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing > glasspaper, sandpaper, or cloth
shaving-cloth1427
shaving-linen1512
scouring papera1756
emery-paper1772
glass-paper1815
sandpaper1825
glass-cloth1873
sander1895
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 641 The surface of the work [must] be carefully rubbed down with sand-paper.
1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1091 Sand Paper is made with the common house sand, and only of one degree of coarseness, but in other respects exactly like glass paper.
1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography ix. 134 The sand and finer particles..scour the walls..as effectually as though they were well rubbed with fine sand-paper.
b. figurative. Chiefly attributive or as adj. , rough, abrasive, aggressive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective]
hardOE
rudea1375
stern1390
rougha1400
discordanta1425
stoutc1440
hoarse1513
harsh1530
raughtish1567
rugged1567
dissonant1573
harshy1582
jarry1582
immelodious1601
cragged1605
raggeda1616
unmusicala1616
absonousa1620
unharmoniousa1634
inharmonical1683
unharmonic1694
inharmonious1715
craggy1774
pebbly1793
reedy1795
iron1807
dry1819
inharmonic1828
asperated1835
sawing1851
shrewd1876
coarse1879
callithumpian1886
dissonantal1946
ear-bending1946
sandpaper1953
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]
sharpc1000
impatient1377
out-sharpinga1382
teethya1500
fumish1523
testy1526
crabbed1535
tettish1567
peevish1577
kickish1589
splenetic1593
spleenful1594
tetchy1596
wasp-stung1598
touchy1602
spleeny1604
pruriginous1609
teety1621
splenitive1633
peltish1648
irritable1662
splenatic1663
splenetive1678
unheer1691
rusty1694
nettlesome1766
stingy1781
snarly1798
tutty1809
spleenical1818
rileya1824
nettly1825
edgy1837
porcupinal1846
shirty1846
raspish1854
peckish1857
streaky1860
owly1864
teasy1866
fussy1869
raspy1869
spiky1881
chippyc1885
tetchous1890
narky1895
snarky1906
ringy1907
snarkish1912
Scot1916
crooked1945
niggly1952
snooty1959
kvetchy1965
to be on the rag1967
sandpaper1976
gribble1984
splenous-
1953 ‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow ii. xi. 145 The voice which had that sandpaper timbre of the overdriven.
1976 Time 20 Dec. 22/1 With his sandpaper style and naked drive for power, Burton had quite a few enemies.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
sandpaper maker n.
ΚΠ
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 917 Examples of which [sc. dermatitis] are seen in the case of stone-cutters, sand-paper makers [etc.].
C2.
sandpaper stick n. a shoemaker's tool for finishing the soles of boots.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > for smoothing
St Hugh's bones1600
bump-stick1670
sandpaper stick1882
seat-file1891
1882 Worcs. Exhib. Catal. iii. 30 The Shoemaker's ‘buff knife and sandpaper stick’.
sandpaper tree n. a name for several tropical trees, the rough leaves of which are used by indigenous people for polishing (see quots.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used to scrub or scour > [noun] > other plants used to scrub or scour
broom-weed1756
sandpaper tree1863
toothbrush tree1891
1863 J. H. Speke Jrnl. Discov. Source Nile 567 The sand-paper tree [Kigelia pinnata], whose leaves resemble a cat's tongue in roughness.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Sandpaper-tree, Curatella americana.
1882 J. Smith Dict. Pop. Names Plants 367 Sandpaper TreesDillenia scabrella and D. sarmentosa,..natives of India.

Derivatives

ˈsandpapery adj. resembling sandpaper, rough.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough
unsmeetheOE
sharpc893
rowOE
reofOE
roughOE
unplaina1393
harsha1400
scrofc1400
stourc1400
ruggyc1405
asperous1547
harshy1582
shagged1589
horrid1590
unsmooth1598
gross1606
asperate1623
brute1627
scabbed1630
sleazy1644
rasping1656
scaber1657
asper1681
shaggy1693
gruff1697
grating1766
hackly1794
ruvid1837
scrubby1856
unkind1866
raspy1882
ruckly1923
sandpapery1957
1957 V. Nabokov Pnin 22 The sandpapery side of his head.
1970 ‘E. McGirr’ Death pays Wages iii. 53 He..massaged a sand-papery jaw.
1975 T. Allbeury Special Coll. xi. 77 His hand was dry and sandpapery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

sandpaperv.

Etymology: < sandpaper n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsandpaper.
transitive. To smooth with or as with sandpaper; also with down.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > filing, polishing, or smoothing tool
planea1398
pumicea1425
roll?1523
plain1535
pounce1580
file1616
smooth-file1683
plane1726
sandpaper1846
pumice-stone1851
paper1875
lap1881
sand1928
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 122 The body-coachman..caused himself to be..sandpapered and scrubbed into presentability.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xii. 105 Surely the..smooth..turnpikes are jack-planed and sandpapered every day.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 221 The whole is then sand-papered down thoroughly.

Derivatives

ˈsandpaperer n.
ΚΠ
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 60 Tobacco Pipe Making:..Sand Paperer or Scourer.
ˈsandpapering n.
ΚΠ
1885 J. B. Leno Art of Boot- & Shoe-making xxiv. 199 Sand-papering Machine.

Draft additions 1993

b. figurative. To bring to perfection, to refine.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [verb (transitive)] > purify or refine
slick1340
filec1400
polishc1400
burnish1526
polite1535
extirpate1548
purify1548
soften1579
purgea1582
refine1592
mellow1593
civilize1596
rarefy1600
incivilize1603
sublimate1624
alembicate1627
chastise1627
sublime1631
calcine1635
gentilize1635
ennoble1636
subtilize1638
deconcoct1655
sublimizea1729
smooth1762
absterge1817
decrassify1855
sandpaper1890
1890 in Cent. Dict.
1927 Daily Tel. 21 June 13/7 Borotra was wisely sand-papering his ground strokes; there was much rust on them.
1947 P. Larkin Girl in Winter ii. i. 91 And therefore this reserve, this sandpapering of every word and gesture until it exactly fitted its place in the conversation..—this was not natural.
1956 O. Welles Mr. Arkadin ii. i. 96 I started on a series of interviews which I conducted conscientiously, and which, sandpapered by an impoverished young writer, were published with some success.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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