| 单词 | smokeproof |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmoke-proof smoke-proof n. an impression taken from a smoked type-punch, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > [noun] > proof > proof from smoked type-punch smoke-proof1888 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 699 The flame..blackens the letter, and thus enables an impression, called a smoke proof, to be stamped on paper. 1902 T. L. De Vinne Pract. Typogr.: Treat. Title-pages 79 Pleasing as a new ornament in this style might appear in the smoke-proof, it was sure to be a blotch in the print. smoke-proof c. With adjectives, as smoke-dim adj., smoke-foul adj., smoke-like adj., smoke-proof adj., smoke-tight adj. ΚΠ 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxviii. 98 We calked and pasted, and, so far as we could, made the ship smoke-tight. 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 8 Skirted..with alder swamps and smoke-like maples. 1888 G. M. Hopkins Let. 1 May (1938) 145 I..dislike any town..for its bad and smokefoul air. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 24 Dec. 7/2 One of the firemen donned a smoke-proof suit and helmet. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier iv. 71 You walk through the smoke-dim slums of Manchester. < as lemmas |
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