| 单词 | vitreous-enamelled |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvitreous-enamelled e. vitreous enamel: = enamel n. 1a, porcelain enamel n. So vitreous-enamelled adj., vitreous enamelling. ΚΠ 1916 Chem. Abstr. 10 261 (heading) Vitreous enamels or glazes for pottery, etc. 1939 Burns & Schuh Protective Coatings for Metals xvi. 381 Vitreous or porcelain enamels are essentially fused silicates or glasses holding in suspension a colloidal dispersion of color oxides, opacifiers and gases. 1963 G. S. Brady Materials Handbk. (ed. 9) 281 Vitreous enameled metals are used for cooking utensils, signs, chemical tanks and piping, [etc.]. 1977 R. B. Ross Handbk. Metal Treatm. 389 Vitreous enamelling was very popular in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With the advent of new materials, for example, aluminium in cooking ware,..the use of vitreous enamel declined and was confined very largely to articles such as baths. 1984 Worthington & Knight Home Plumbing 96/1 Modern materials are less resistant to abrasives than the traditional vitreous enamel. < as lemmas |
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