| 单词 | wire brush |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswire brush wire brush n. a brush with wire bristles; spec. (a) one with stiff wire bristles used esp. for cleaning and scouring; (b) a slender brush with long flexible bristles of fine wire used for playing percussion instruments such as drums or cymbals (cf. brush n.2 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun] > implement for scouring or scrubbing > brush rubbing brush1530 hog1669 scrub-broom1675 scrubbing-brush1681 wire brush1686 scrub1687 scrubber1911 toilet brush1917 bog brush1982 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > drumstick sticka1398 tabor-stick1486 drumstick1589 tapskin1605 drum stave1832 potato masher1835 baguette1876 wire brush1927 brush1955 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 123 Which two colours they break with a wire brush, much after the manner they doe when they marble paper. 1735 J. Barrow Dict. Polygraphicum I. at Gilding The thing to be gilded must first be scrubb'd with a wire brush and a little fair water. 1878 L. Jewitt Ceramic Art I. 98 A round dish of the ‘combed ware’, described by Plot, is shown... Some of the examples..are exceedingly delicate..others..have been ‘combed’ with a coarse comb or wire brush. 1927 Melody Maker Apr. 389/1 In quiet passages, the wire brush on a Chinese cymbal gives a very pleasing effect. 1974 A. Ross Bradford Business 76 Even the short heavy bolts had been rubbed up with a wire brush. 2007 N.Y. Times 20 May (T: Style Mag.) 161/1 There is the guacharaca (a notched piece of wood stroked with a wire brush) that the indigenous people invented long before they were subdued..by the Spanish. wire brush wire brush v. (transitive) to brush or clean with a wire brush. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > scour, scrub, or rub [verb (transitive)] > with a wire brush wire brusha1935 a1935 T. E. Lawrence Mint (1955) i. xxii. 76 Our job was to wire-brush and repaint a lot of salvaged sheeting... A good job, it looked. Six of us and six wire brushes. 2001 Pract. Fishkeeping Feb. 22/3 It is essential to wire brush the surface to remove as much as possible of the old sealant and any algae present. < as lemmas |
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