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单词 self-assembled
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self-assembledadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfəˈsɛmbld/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈsɛmbəld/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, assembled adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + assembled adj. Compare later self-assemble v.In sense 1b after self-assembly n.
1.
a. That has assembled itself; esp. (of a group or body) convened by its own members.
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1811 Morning Post 11 Jan. The House of Lords..was not acting as a branch of the Legislature, but..as a body of Peers self-assembled.
1854 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 19 Nov. 9/4 [They] are more disposed to..ridicule the proceedings of the self-assembled congress of American ambassadors.
1929 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 14 130 Notice was taken of an announcement by a self-assembled number of commercial correspondence schools.
2014 Independent (Nexis) 8 Aug. 23 Although still at the prototype stage, self-assembled robots could one day be used to explore confined spaces, such as collapsed buildings.
b. Chiefly Biology. Of a cellular aggregate, sub-cellular particle, or nanoparticle: that has undergone self-assembly (self-assembly n. 1b).
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1961 Exper. Cell Res. 22 474 The aggregated cells became sorted out and associated.., thus confirming prior findings on ‘self-assembled’ aggregates.
1993 Nature 29 July 392/2 Biomineralization in living organisms may well resemble this organization of inorganic materials by self-assembled molecular aggregates.
2000 New Scientist 5 Feb. 84/1 (advt.) The project will explore routes to producing self-assembled nano-structures using candidate polyrotaxane intermediates.
2. Assembled by a person himself or herself, (now) esp. from components purchased in the form of a kit.
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1925 Radio News Jan. 1133/2 No $500 set can ever thrill its owner as a $20 self-assembled set thrills the experimenter.
1937 Washington Post 13 Mar. 19/1 What will Washington women wear Easter?.. Boleros, silk crepe or sheer wool jacketed-frocks, redingotes (self-assembled).
1976 20th Cent. Lit. 22 459 Burlingame does not hesitate to shed, once in a while, his self-assembled house and exchange it for a brand-new one.
2016 Times (Nexis) 13 Oct. (T2 section) 3 Self-assembled furniture. What's not to love about an Ikea kitchen?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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