单词 | jet-like |
释义 | jet-likeadj.1 Resembling jet. ΚΠ 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 31 One-while set in a black Iet-like Chaire. 1658 T. Bromhall Hist. Apparitions 152 The Heavens..were muffled with Pitchy, Jet-like clouds. 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. i. 60 The Slags are now found in Pieces..of a Jet-like Colour. 1765 S. Edwards New Compend. Geogr. v. 69 Lancashire is..noted for its Cannal, or Candle Coal, which gives a clear Light, and the polished jet like Utensils made of it. 1827 La Belle Assemblée Feb. 75/1 It was a beautiful black tabinet; which is quite deep enough for mourning, and is far preferable to bombazin, both from its jet-like colour, and the glossy richness of its texture. 1882 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 53 On exposure it hardens to a hard jet-like substance, which..does not burn with a flame. 1937 Times 5 June 7/3 This is a grey ware of thin fabric, the outside of which was given a jet-like black polish by the application of bitumen. 2002 Stud. Conservation 47 269/2 Siobhan Watts received a PhD on the geochemical characterization of jet and jet-like materials in archaeology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jet-likeadj.2 Resembling a jet (jet n.3). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of squirting or issuing in a jet > [adjective] squirting1735 spurting1821 jet-like1883 1883 R. A. Proctor in 19th Cent. Nov. 876 They have been classified according to the various forms of cloud-like and jet-like prominences. 1911 Condor 13 26 This jet-like puff of mingled drops and spray was sometimes conspicuous at a distance of fully a quarter of a mile. 1993 Sci. Amer. June 25/3 A few years later other investigators demonstrated that in many sources jetlike features do indeed seem to connect a radio-bright core in the galaxy's nucleus with knots of radio emission emanating from the outer extremities of the lobes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11606adj.21883 |
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