| 单词 | laminate |
| 释义 | laminate (once / 11398 pages) vn To laminate is to make something, especially paper, stronger and thicker by layering sheets of clear plastic over it. You might want to laminate your flimsy library card to protect it. Today all states laminate drivers' licenses, making them a sturdy plastic card rather than the insubstantial piece of paper they used to be. You might decide to laminate a poster for a school presentation you're giving, or laminate some old photos to protect them. Most methods used to laminate involve heat and some type of sticky or adhesive substance. The Latin root is lamina, "thin slice, leaf, or layer." WORD FAMILYlaminate: laminated, laminates, laminating, lamination, laminator+/lamina: laminae, laminal, laminar, laminas, laminate/lamination: laminations/laminator: laminators USAGE EXAMPLESLaminated signs hang on the back wall, reminding Rogers of his duties. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Still, the pieces snapped together easier than laminate flooring to build a championship contender at the school. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) An 11-year-old Polish boy was among those to find one of the laminated notices - which bore poor Polish translations - posted at his home. BBC(Nov 27, 2016) 1v cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material laminate the table Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 2v create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material Hyper create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product 3v press or beat (metals) into thin sheets Hyper flatten make flat or flatter 4v split (wood) into thin sheets Hyper cleave, rive, split separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument 5n a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers Hypo|Hyper plastic laminate a laminate made by bonding plastic layers plyboard, plywooda laminate made of thin layers of wood Formicaany of various plastic laminates containing melamine lamination a layered structure flat solid, sheeta flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
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