| 单词 | fire-retardant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire-retardant fire-retardant n. and adj. (a) n. a substance or treatment that confers the property of slowing or halting the spread of fire; (b) adj. (usually with hyphen) that slows or halts the spread of fire. ΚΠ 1893 Street Railway Jrnl. May 338/2 Its V & A paint..is claimed to be an excellent fire retardant and is designed for use on brick, wood or stone. 1915 Proc. Nat. Fire Protection Assoc., 19th Ann. Meeting 108 There is nothing new in the idea of treating wood to make it fire retardant. 1961 Engineering 6 Oct. 447/2 The properties of bentonite as a fire retardant. 1982 Daily Tel. 23 July 6/3 Foam mattresses used were fitted with a fire retardant cotton covering. 2006 New Yorker 6 Nov. 101/2 Now he's promoting a line of fire-retardant pajamas. < as lemmas |
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