单词 | goldbeater's skin |
释义 | goldbeater's skin[ gohld-bee-terz ] / ˈgoʊldˌbi tərz / nounthe prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf. Origin of goldbeater's skinFirst recorded in 1700–10; gold + beater + 's1 Words nearby goldbeater's skingoldarn, goldarned, Goldbach conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture, gold basis, goldbeater's skin, goldbeating, gold beetle, Goldberg, Goldberger, Goldbergian Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for goldbeater's skingoldbeater's skin / (ˈɡəʊldˌbiːtəz) / nounanimal membrane used to separate sheets of gold that are being hammered into gold leaf Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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