单词 | porcelain-like |
释义 | porcelain-likeadj. Resembling porcelain. ΚΠ 1752 tr. L. Heister Compend. Anat. ii. ii. 34 We are to observe their base, which is composed of a double substance, a stoney or porcelain-like matter [L. lapideam sive vitream], and a medullary one. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 79/2 A smooth porcelain-like deposit. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 29 June 2/4 Made of white, porcelain-like glass. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxvi. 378 In less severe cases a dense leucoma forms, porcelain-like in lime burns, and sight is lost. 1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xliv. 550/2 Creamware, a cream-colored earthenware with a porcelainlike appearance, first developed during the eighteenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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