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单词 jet-like
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jet-likeadj.1

Brit. /ˈdʒɛtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛtˌlaɪk/
Forms: see jet n.2 and adj. and -like suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jet n.2, -like suffix.
Etymology: < jet n.2 + -like suffix.
Resembling jet.
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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

Brit. /ˈdʒɛtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛtˌlaɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jet n.3, -like suffix.
Etymology: < jet n.3 + -like suffix.
Resembling a jet (jet n.3).
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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).
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