| 单词 | ageing vat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasageing vat General attributive with sense ‘of or relating to ageing’; (also) ‘used in ageing’; as ageing apparatus, ageing period, ageing process, ageing room, ageing vat, etc. ΚΠ 1849 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 17 Mar. 165/1 The intention of the ageing process is to produce a chemical decomposition upon the substance of the mordant. 1859 S. Pincoffs Brit. Patent 13,080 5 The ageing stove. 1879 G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educator I. 198 The hot flue leads into the ageing-room, where the cloth remains suspended. 1882 Daily News 3 Jan. 2/3 A New Way to Make Old Bronzes. This ‘ageing’ process..is, to say the least, rather ‘Gothic’ than Egyptian. 1882 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 1 188 To prevent condensation,..the walls of the aging house are double. 1939 G. V. Hamilton in E. V. Cowdry Probl. Ageing xvi. 469 The decline in sexual potency experienced by men during the ageing period. 1984 New Scientist 4 Oct. 15/1 The way the vine is grown or the type of storage, fermentation and ageing vats that are best. 2008 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 6/3 Researchers..are developing equipment that accelerates the ageing process, turning young wine into a quaffable beverage. < as lemmas |
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