| 单词 | eggshell enamel | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaseggshell enamel  c.  Used attributively or as adj. as a term of colour or of a paint finish intermediate between flat and glossy, e.g.  eggshell enamel,  eggshell finish,  eggshell glaze. (See also quot. 1929). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > 			[adjective]		 > types of paint > type of paint finish natural1888 eggshell1894 1894    F. B. Gardner Painters' Encycl. 119  				Egg-shell gloss, a term frequently used by painters. 1898    Westm. Gaz. 3 June 8/3  				A costume of egg-shell blue cheque silk. 1908    Daily Chron. 12 Mar. 3/3  				The sun is reflected by its front of dull white terra-cotta stone with egg-shell glaze. 1909    Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 5/2  				People argue of paints, and enamels, and varnishes, and..whether the true ‘egg-shell gloss’ has been obtained or not. 1909    Chambers's Jrnl. 25 Sept. 684/1  				That beautiful, characteristic, velvety, egg-shell enamel is highly artistic. 1925    Arts & Decoration Mar. 82/2  				The egg-shell finish of the freshly laid egg..is the dull finish the decorators now prefer. 1929    A. E. Owen-Jones Retail Stationer's Handbk. 193  				Eggshell Finish, a finish imparted to notepapers by omitting the calendering; the surface is dull, and is covered with pin-point pores. 1936    C. Day Lewis Friendly Tree vii. 96  				A sky of egg-shell blue. 1943    W. Wilcox in  55 Short Stories from N. Yorker 		(1949)	 139  				She was wearing dark blue..and a neat little eggshell blouse. 1953    Gloss. Paint Terms 		(B.S.I.)	 27  				The following stages in increasing order of gloss are normally recognized:—Flat (or matt)... Eggshell flat. Eggshell gloss. 1955    E. Bowen World of Love v. 88  				Electric candelabra..round all the eggshell walls. 1958    Woman 22 Feb. 2/1  				Gloss, matt, flat, eggshell paints go over themselves or each other. < as lemmas  | 
	
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