| 单词 | common stucco |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon stucco a. A type of coarse plaster or cement used for covering the rough exterior surfaces of walls in imitation of stone. Also called common stucco. Also figurative.bastard stucco, rough stucco, trowelled stucco, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > coarse lime-work1589 stuc1632 compositiona1719 stucco1734 compo1823 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > finishing coat stucco1734 intonaco1806 setting coat1812 finish1823 set1823 setting1823 skin coat1897 1734 Duchess of Marlborough Let. 17 June (1943) viii. 122 I have been this day at Bedford House, though I could not go out of my coach..now it is so much mended by the new wing and the doing it with stucco that I am sure there is not so good a house anywhere in the world. 1766 T. C. Overton Temple Builder's Compan. 14 The finishing is with rough-casted stucco, and rusticated windows. 1778 (title) Observations on two trials at law, respecting Messieurs Adams's new-invented patent-stucco. 1780 Ann. Reg. 1779 118/1 As this cement is shorter than mortar or common stucco and dries sooner, it ought to be worked expeditiously in all cases. 1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. I. i. 26 We despise stucco now as false and flimsy. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 507 It may not be amiss here to refer to some of the causes of the premature decay which takes place in stuccoes and cements. 1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 261 Behind the stucco of this world's politeness I find some moral framework not amiss. 1906 Young Woman's Jrnl. Nov. 502/2 All the houses and public buildings are of white stone or stucco, and are re-whitened..after the rainy season. 1954 Catholic Weekly (Sydney) 29 Apr. 6 The walls are cement rendered inside and finished in stucco outside. 2004 House & Garden Apr. 140 The new owners removed the old exterior cladding and replaced it with stucco. < as lemmas |
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