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单词 close-grained
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Definition of close-grained in English:

close-grained

adjective
  • Having tightly packed fibres, crystals, or other structural elements.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The close-grained wood resembles sugar maple but has a softer texture, is not as heavy, and has somewhat poorer machining qualities.
    • The best wooden boards are thick, heavy, and stable and made from close-grained hardwoods like maple - but they're also rather expensive.
    • Beech and particularly the close-grained sycamore seem to have been the most usual choices for painted boxes and other small objects.
    • Carya illinoensis has close-grained, hard wood that is pale reddish-brown with occasional dark streaks.
    • Being close-grained, ivory lends itself particularly well to low relief and engraving, but it has also been used successfully for statuettes in the round, whose compositions are often dictated by the curve of the tusk itself.
    • Practically all supermarket pears are pale travesties of the real thing, which have a combination of slippery, honeyed sweetness and a tight, close-grained texture of the flesh.
    Synonyms
    hard, solid, unyielding, resistant
 
 

Definition of close-grained in US English:

close-grained

adjectiveklōsˈɡrāndkloʊsˈɡreɪnd
  • (of wood, stone, or other material) having tightly packed fibers, crystals, or other structural elements.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The best wooden boards are thick, heavy, and stable and made from close-grained hardwoods like maple - but they're also rather expensive.
    • Practically all supermarket pears are pale travesties of the real thing, which have a combination of slippery, honeyed sweetness and a tight, close-grained texture of the flesh.
    • Being close-grained, ivory lends itself particularly well to low relief and engraving, but it has also been used successfully for statuettes in the round, whose compositions are often dictated by the curve of the tusk itself.
    • Beech and particularly the close-grained sycamore seem to have been the most usual choices for painted boxes and other small objects.
    • The close-grained wood resembles sugar maple but has a softer texture, is not as heavy, and has somewhat poorer machining qualities.
    • Carya illinoensis has close-grained, hard wood that is pale reddish-brown with occasional dark streaks.
    Synonyms
    hard, solid, unyielding, resistant
 
 
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