英语词汇“putty”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

putty

/ˈpʌti

noun [mass noun]

1A soft, malleable greyish-yellow paste, made from ground chalk and raw linseed oil, that hardens after a few hours and is used for sealing glass in window frames and filling holes in wood: countersink the screws so they can be covered with putty [count noun]: the manufacture of paints and putties...

You can fill in nail holes with wood putty before sanding if you are not planning to stain the wood.
When dry, fill the nail holes with a non-oily wood filler for natural finishes, or putty if the wood is to be painted.
Spackle is a soft, white, premixed material that's about the consistency of soft putty.

1.1 [usually with modifier] Any of a number of similar malleable substances used inside and outside buildings, e.g. plumber’s putty, lime putty, or used for modelling or casting, e.g. epoxy putty.Apply a bead of plumber's putty (not caulk) on the underside of the flange on the drain to seal it with the sink....

The mortar mix used for the vintage building consisted of a Portland cement-slacked lime putty created by mixing cement and lime.
The basket strainer should be packed with plumber's putty and pushed firmly down into place.

2A polishing powder, usually made from tin oxide, used in jewellery work.Polishing on a brush wheel with putty powder retained the crispness and grain marks of the stone wheels.

verb (putties, puttying, puttied) [with object]

Seal or cover (something) with putty: give me a minute until I putty these windows in (as adjective puttied) lightly puttied joints...

Fastener locations are often easy to find, even if the nail heads have been puttied over.
These ships leave a small gap between the old jamb and the new strip, which can be puttied and painted to match.
The masonry surface may need to be prepared by sandblasting, application of a primer, and puttying.

Phrases

be (like) putty in someone's hands

up to putty

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French potée, literally 'potful', from pot 'pot'.

单词	putty
释义	putty /ˈpʌti / noun [mass noun] 1A soft, malleable greyish-yellow paste, made from ground chalk and raw linseed oil, that hardens after a few hours and is used for sealing glass in window frames and filling holes in wood: countersink the screws so they can be covered with putty [count noun]: the manufacture of paints and putties... You can fill in nail holes with wood putty before sanding if you are not planning to stain the wood. When dry, fill the nail holes with a non-oily wood filler for natural finishes, or putty if the wood is to be painted. Spackle is a soft, white, premixed material that's about the consistency of soft putty. 1.1 [usually with modifier] Any of a number of similar malleable substances used inside and outside buildings, e.g. plumber’s putty, lime putty, or used for modelling or casting, e.g. epoxy putty.Apply a bead of plumber's putty (not caulk) on the underside of the flange on the drain to seal it with the sink.... The mortar mix used for the vintage building consisted of a Portland cement-slacked lime putty created by mixing cement and lime. The basket strainer should be packed with plumber's putty and pushed firmly down into place. 2A polishing powder, usually made from tin oxide, used in jewellery work.Polishing on a brush wheel with putty powder retained the crispness and grain marks of the stone wheels. verb (putties, puttying, puttied) [with object] Seal or cover (something) with putty: give me a minute until I putty these windows in (as adjective puttied) lightly puttied joints... Fastener locations are often easy to find, even if the nail heads have been puttied over. These ships leave a small gap between the old jamb and the new strip, which can be puttied and painted to match. The masonry surface may need to be prepared by sandblasting, application of a primer, and puttying. Phrases be (like) putty in someone's hands up to putty Origin Mid 17th century: from French potée, literally 'potful', from pot 'pot'. Rhymes butty, cutty, gutty, nutty, puttee, rutty, smutty
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