| 单词 | relaxing box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelaxing box Entomology. attributive. Designating a container for relaxing dried insect specimens (esp. in relaxing box), and the fluid used in such a container. Cf. relax v. 1d. ΚΠ 1843 Zoologist 1 177 They invariably, on warm days, became too much stiffened..; nor would the relaxing box restore their pliancy sufficiently. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 320 A little alum dissolved in the water sprinkled on the sawdust will prevent the formation of mould in the relaxing box. 1952 E. F. Daglish Name this Insect p. xiii After some hours in a relaxing chamber the legs and wings will be as easy to arrange as are those of fresh-killed specimens. 1976 P. W. Cribb Lepidopterist's Handbk. vii. 84 A relaxing box is a clean plastic box with a layer of clean absorbent material at the bottom. 2001 Florida Entomologist 84 134/2 Specimens were relaxed in boiling water instead of relaxing fluid. < as lemmas |
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