| 单词 | dry wall | 
| 释义 | dry walln. 1.  A wall built without mortar, typically of stone. Cf. drystone wall at drystone adj. 1. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > 			[noun]		 > wall > stone wall > stone wall without mortar stonewallc825 1598    J. Florio Worlde of Wordes  				Muro a secco, a dry wall. 1606    J. Dod  & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. IX. & X.  x. ix. 74  				His heart is not..like a dry wall without a quoine or buttresse, or any other binding to fortifie it. 1699    J. Stevens tr.  J. de Mariana Gen. Hist. Spain  xvii. vii. 287  				Henry perceiving King Peter had shut himself into the Town, immediately encompass'd it with a dry Wall, of Stone, without Mortar, that he might not escape. 1778    G. White Let. 3 July in  Nat. Hist. Selborne 		(1789)	 236  				Lathræa squammaria, tooth-wort..on the dry wall opposite Grange-yard. 1872    Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 513  				With bricks made of bad materials,..he cannot build a dry wall of the same height and stability. a1933    J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman 		(1934)	 II. 1223  				The fat-leaved stonecrops and the ice plants are familiar, the former perfectly at home on the tops of dry walls. 2016    Derby Tel. 		(Nexis)	 24 Mar. 3  				The garden is bordered by a dry wall of local limestone and laurel hedging for privacy.  2.  Originally and chiefly North American. Now usually in form  drywall. A lightweight building board made of plaster with a reinforcing or strengthening material (now typically thick paper bonded to a plaster core), used to construct or line the inner walls of buildings, esp. houses; = plasterboard n. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > 			[noun]		 > plasterboard plasterboard1891 Sheetrock1921 1937    Cincinnati Enquirer 17 Oct.  ii. 1/5  				The modern method of dry-wall construction in office buildings through the use of transite partitions, will be illustrated with motion picture slides. 1965    Pop. Mech. Apr. 162/1  				The most common use of drywall—also called gypsum wallboard and plasterboard—is in finishing a new room. 1980    Family Handyman Sept. 49/3  				Cut out a small opening in the center of the outline with a drywall saw. 2018    New Yorker 10 Sept. 79/1  				Having spent my day carrying sixty-pound drywall across damp pavement and up bannisterless staircases in one of the state-of-the-art family residences..I would drive to my apartment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). > as lemmasdry wall   dry wall  n. a wall built without mortar. ΚΠ 1778    G. White Let. 3 July in  Nat. Hist. Selborne 		(1789)	 236  				Lathræa squammaria, tooth-wort..on the dry wall opposite Grange-yard. 1828    W. Carr Dial. Craven 		(ed. 2)	  				Dry-wall, a wall without lime. 1873    H. Spencer Study Sociol. 		(1877)	 iii. 48  				A dry wall of the same height and stability. dry wall   dry wall  n. North American (now usually  drywall) = plasterboard n.; frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1950    Better Homes & Gardens Nov. 42/1  				‘Dry-wall’ construction is a comparatively new term. It is a way to finish interior walls with dry materials. 1965    Pop. Mech. Apr. 162/1  				The most common use of drywall—also called gypsum wallboard and plasterboard—is in finishing a new room. 1980    Family Handyman Sept. 49/3  				Cut out a small opening in the center of the outline with a drywall saw. < as lemmas | 
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