pelan.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪlɑː/, U.S.

/ˈpeɪlə/

Forms: 1700s pe la, 1700s pé-la, 1800s– pela.

Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymons: Chinese báilà, pe-la.

Etymology: < Chinese báilà (formerly transliterated pe-la, representing Chinese regional (Southern Mandarin) form) < bái white + là wax; in quot. 1754 via post-classical Latin pe la (1740 or earlier).

A white wax obtained from the secretions of a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pela (family Coccidae); also called Chinese wax. Also: (more fully pela wax scale) the insect itself.

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pela1754

wax1803

1754 tr. J. Astruc Treat. Venereal Dis. (new ed.) II. ix. 289 Let them all be rubbed separately into a fine powder. Add. Of Pe la, white Wax, Mas III.

1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 383 The Chinese collect a kind of wax, much esteemed by them, under the name of Pé-la, from a coccus deposited..on certain shrubs.

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. x. 329 The wax (called Pe-la, white wax, because so by nature) begins to appear about the middle of June.

1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 683 Chemists have long known the so-called ‘vegetable wax’, ‘Chinese wax’, or ‘pela’,.., but we have had no definite knowledge before of its history or mode of production.

1950 Osiris 9 365 In Chekiang, the main center of pela-culture is Kinhua where the scale-seeds have to be imported from Shiaoshing, Taichow, and Huchow.

1997 Tin-Kui Qin in Y. Ben-Dov & C. J. Hodgson Soft Scale Insects (World Crop Pests, Vol. VIIA) 304 The Pela wax scale is native to China and has been recorded from 18 provinces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pela
释义	pelan. Brit. /ˈpeɪlɑː/, U.S. /ˈpeɪlə/ Forms: 1700s pe la, 1700s pé-la, 1800s– pela. Origin: A borrowing from Chinese. Etymons: Chinese báilà, pe-la. Etymology: < Chinese báilà (formerly transliterated pe-la, representing Chinese regional (Southern Mandarin) form) < bái white + là wax; in quot. 1754 via post-classical Latin pe la (1740 or earlier). A white wax obtained from the secretions of a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pela (family Coccidae); also called Chinese wax. Also: (more fully pela wax scale) the insect itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > substance secreted pela1754 wax1803 1754 tr. J. Astruc Treat. Venereal Dis. (new ed.) II. ix. 289 Let them all be rubbed separately into a fine powder. Add. Of Pe la, white Wax, Mas III. 1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 383 The Chinese collect a kind of wax, much esteemed by them, under the name of Pé-la, from a coccus deposited..on certain shrubs. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. x. 329 The wax (called Pe-la, white wax, because so by nature) begins to appear about the middle of June. 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 683 Chemists have long known the so-called ‘vegetable wax’, ‘Chinese wax’, or ‘pela’,.., but we have had no definite knowledge before of its history or mode of production. 1950 Osiris 9 365 In Chekiang, the main center of pela-culture is Kinhua where the scale-seeds have to be imported from Shiaoshing, Taichow, and Huchow. 1997 Tin-Kui Qin in Y. Ben-Dov & C. J. Hodgson Soft Scale Insects (World Crop Pests, Vol. VIIA) 304 The Pela wax scale is native to China and has been recorded from 18 provinces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1754
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