| 单词 | to seal hermetically |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto seal hermetically a. To close (a vessel, an aperture, etc.) securely by placing a coating of wax, cement, or lead, over the orifice, or, in wider sense, by any kind of fastening that must be broken before access can be obtained. to seal hermetically: see the adverb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > seal up inseil?a1000 asseal1297 enseala1340 sigillate1471 cerea1616 obsigillate1623 seal1661 1661 Mr. Clayton in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) I. 54 The spirit of wine must be the highest rectified. It will do better in a bolt-head sealed up hermetically. 1682 G. Hartman Digby's Choice Coll. Rare Secrets i. 32 Then Seal it Hermetically. 1853 S. Hughes Gas-works 195 The cylinder..may be described as a cylinder inverted over a cistern of water, both the inlet and outlet pipes having their orifices above the surface of the water, so that the gas is hermetically sealed up within the holder, and can only escape through the outlet-pipe. 1877 W. Richards Manuf. Coal Gas 210 No ill effects are experienced—at least, so long as the holder remains sealed. < as lemmas |
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