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单词 jordan
释义 jor·dan
I. \ˈjȯrdən, ˈjȯ(ə)d-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English (also, a vessel used by physicians and alchemists), probably from the river Jordan in Palestine; perhaps from medieval pilgrims' bringing water from the Jordan back to England
dialect Britain : chamber pot
II. \“, southern US often ˈjərd- or ˈjə̄d- or ˈjəid-\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Jordan, country in southwestern Asia
: of or from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan : of the kind or style prevalent in Jordan : jordanian
III. noun
also jordan engine or jordan refiner
(-s)
Usage: sometimes capitalized J
Etymology: after Joseph Jordan, 19th century American inventor
: a machine for refining paper pulp that consists of a stationary hollow cone having projecting knives on its interior surface and fitting over a rapidly rotating adjustable cone having similar knives on its outside surface
IV. transitive verb
(jordaned also jordanned ; jordaned also jordanned ; jordaning also jordanning \-dəniŋ\ ; jordans)
: to refine in a jordan
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