单词 | resin |
释义 | resin (once / 2391 pages) n Resin is a sticky substance that oozes out of trees including fir and pine trees. Because resin is insoluble in water, it's useful as a base in different kinds of glue and varnishes. Resin can be found in many materials from varnishes and cement to incense and other therapeutic products. Musicians add resin to the bows of their string instruments to help them get a little more friction. Ballet dancers coat the bottoms of their slippers in resin powder for a similar reason — to keep from slipping on the floor while they dance. WORD FAMILYresin: resinate, resinlike, resinoid, resinous, resins, resiny+/resinate: resinated, resinates/resinous: non-resinous, nonresinous, resinously/resiny: non-resiny, nonresiny USAGE EXAMPLES“They drain the resin that otherwise defends the tree,” said Matt Ayres, a Dartmouth College ecologist who worked on the Ecological Applications study. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Frankincense is more treelike, and its resin is milky, creating cloudy white marbles when dried. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Once the resin is collected, women sort the chunks by color and size. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) n any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules Syn|Hypo|Hyper rosin East India kino, Malabar kino, kino gum reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc natural resina plant exudate synthetic resina resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics sandarac, sandaracha brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes guaiacummedicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree storaxa vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax scammonyresin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia acrylate resin, acrylic, acrylic resina glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives polyethylene, polythenea lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroidesan alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper allyl resina resin derived from allyl alcohol that hardens when cured; used as an adhesive anime, gum animeany of various resins or oleoresins asafetida, asafoetidathe brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic camphora resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment cannabin, cannabis resina resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana ambera hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry urea-formaldehyde resina clear thermosetting resin made from urea and formaldehyde and used in electrical fittings, adhesives, and finishes copala brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes damar, dammar, dammar resin, gum dammarany of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine colophonytranslucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments mastican aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes oleoresina naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants gum resina mixture of resin and gum alkyd, alkyd resina durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints phenolic, phenolic resin, phenoplasta thermosetting resin epoxy, epoxy glue, epoxy resina thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates melamine resina thermosetting resin formed from melamine and an aldehyde; used in molded products, adhesives, and coatings polyesterany of numerous synthetic resins; they are light and strong and weather resistant polyvinyl resin, vinyl polymer, vinyl resina thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl group wood tarany tar obtained by the destructive distillation of wood organic compound any compound of carbon and another element or a radical |
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