单词 | iron cement |
释义 | > as lemmasiron cement iron cement n. a hard cement containing iron, esp. in the form of filings; (originally) such a cement used to bond to iron or fill gaps in it. ΚΠ 1804 G. Atwood Suppl. Treat. Constr. & Properties of Arches p. v Can an iron cement be made that will become hard and durable; or could liquid iron be poured into the joints? 1879 S. Hibberd Water for Nothing 26 Iron Cements.—Their essential constituents are iron filings or borings. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 53 192/1 An interesting technical detail is furnished by the discovery of a kind of iron cement: iron rods, inbedded [sic] in mortar, were used in the cover of a heating pipe. 2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 9 Feb. 538/1 They..succeeded in making a breach in the iron cement wall. < as lemmas |
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