| 单词 | silverpoint |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilver-point silver-point n. (a) the process of making a drawing with a silver pencil on specially prepared paper; a drawing made in this way; (b) the freezing point of silver under normal atmospheric pressure (about 962°C), as a thermometric fixed point. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > [noun] > at which some specific condition occurs freezing-point1748 boiling-point1773 absolute zero1798 firing point1807 melting temperature1827 ice point1832 dew-point1833 melting point1838 neutral temperature1854 fusing point or temperature1860 welding point1868 flashing-point1878 flashpoint1878 mp1880 ignition temperature1881 silver-point1882 fire point1884 ignition point1887 neutral point1892 smoking point1915 smoking temperature1915 pour point1922 smoke point1933 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > in specific medium stylography1840 silver-point1882 pastelling1899 1882 P. G. Hamerton Graphic Arts xii. 97 Silver-point, as practised by the best masters. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds I. 219 Marvellously artistic etchings and ‘silver-points’. 1928 Bureau of Standards Jrnl. Res. (U.S.) 1 637 The constants a, b, and c are to be determined by calibration at the freezing point of antimony, and at the silver and gold points. 1967 E. U. Condon & H. Odishaw Handbk. Physics (ed. 2) v. iii. 41/1 In the neighbourhood of 1000°C new determinants of the silver point and gold point have been made in recent years. silver-point silver-point v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) to cause to appear coloured or tinged in the manner of a silver-point drawing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > lay on a colour > specific silver-point1976 1976 I. Murdoch Henry & Cato i. 46 A bright half moon was..silverpointing the slates and making pendant shadows beneath the..eaves. < as lemmas |
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