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

adj

If you want to keep cookies crisp for a long time, store them in a jar with a hermetic, or airtight, seal. Hermetic means sealed so that no air can get in.

The word can be used metaphorically as well. A child who is completely protected from the outside world might be said to come from a hermetic environment. The word comes from the name of the Greek god, Hermes Trismegistus, who was a magician and alchemist and was credited with creating the process for making a completely airtight glass tube, a god-like feat if there ever was one.

WORD FAMILY

hermetic: hermetically

USAGE EXAMPLES

Indeed, the political art of the 1930s that remains most vital is often positively hermetic.

Slate(Dec 06, 2016)

The football team existed in the same hermetic world found at too many top college programs.

New York Times(Dec 03, 2016)

One plausible explanation, albeit one the hermetic company would never confirm, is that its fabled waiting list is running thin.

Wall Street Journal(Sep 14, 2016)

adj completely sealed; completely airtight

Syn

tight

of such close construction as to be impermeable

单词	hermetic
释义	hermetic (once / 6160 pages) adj If you want to keep cookies crisp for a long time, store them in a jar with a hermetic, or airtight, seal. Hermetic means sealed so that no air can get in. The word can be used metaphorically as well. A child who is completely protected from the outside world might be said to come from a hermetic environment. The word comes from the name of the Greek god, Hermes Trismegistus, who was a magician and alchemist and was credited with creating the process for making a completely airtight glass tube, a god-like feat if there ever was one. WORD FAMILY hermetic: hermetically USAGE EXAMPLES Indeed, the political art of the 1930s that remains most vital is often positively hermetic. Slate(Dec 06, 2016) The football team existed in the same hermetic world found at too many top college programs. New York Times(Dec 03, 2016) One plausible explanation, albeit one the hermetic company would never confirm, is that its fabled waiting list is running thin. Wall Street Journal(Sep 14, 2016) adj completely sealed; completely airtight Syn tight of such close construction as to be impermeable
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