| 单词 | insulation |
| 释义 | insulation (once / 6513 pages) n Insulation is the process of keeping heat, sound, or electricity from spreading. It's also the material used to do so. If you can hear your neighbor snoring at night, you might need better sound insulation. Your thermos of hot chocolate stays warm when it's freezing outside because the thermos provides insulation. Similarly, the insulation in an ice chest keeps your sodas and food cool at the beach, even when you're being scorched by the sun. Insulation can also refer to a state of being detached or isolated. If you stay at home and avoid TV, the internet, and phone calls, you are in a state of insulation. WORD FAMILYinsulation: insulations+/insulate: insulated, insulates, insulating, insulation, insulator/insulator: insulators USAGE EXAMPLESEvery inch of space is rammed with equipment, and silver insulation lines the walls. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) An insulation contractor or even a home handyman should be able to help you if you don’t want to tackle the job yourself. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) The sheath also acts like wire insulation to help electrical signals travel down the nerve. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) 1n the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity Hypo|Hyper lining the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.) protection the activity of protecting someone or something 2n the state of being isolated or detached the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel Syn|Hyper detachment, insularism, insularity isolation a state of separation between persons or groups 3n a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity Syn|Hypo|Hyper insulant, insulating material lagging used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat corkboarda heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking building material material used for constructing buildings |
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