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单词 parchment bark
释义

parchment /pärchˈmənt/

noun
  1. The skin of a sheep, goat, or other animal prepared for writing on, etc
  2. A piece of this material
  3. A manuscript written on it
  4. A thick, esp yellowish, fine-quality writing paper resembling it
  5. A parchment-like membrane or skin
adjective

Of parchment

ORIGIN: Fr parchemin, from L pergamēna (charta) Pergamene (paper), from Gr Pergamos Bergama, in Asia Minor

parchˈmentize or parchˈmentise transitive verb

To make like parchment, esp by treating with sulphuric acid

parchˈmenty adjective

Like parchment

parchment bark noun

Pittosporum

parchment paper noun

Unsized paper made tough and transparent by dipping in sulphuric acid (also vegetable parchment)

virgin parchment

A fine kind of parchment made from the skins of new-born lambs or kids

pittosporum /pi-tosˈpə-rəm/

noun

An evergreen shrub native to Australasia and parts of Africa and Asia, with leathery leaves and purple, white or greenish-yellow flowers (also called parchment bark)

ORIGIN: Mod L, from Gr pitta pitch, and sporos seed
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