单词 | blu-tack |
释义 | Blu-Tackn. A proprietary name for: a reusable, putty-like, adhesive substance, typically pale blue in colour, used to stick lightweight objects (esp. of paper or card) to a wall or other surface. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > other adhesives mucilage1859 liquid glue1875 seccotine1894 tire-cement1894 superglue1937 Araldite1946 bioadhesive1967 Blu-Tack1972 cyanoacrylate1977 1972 Irish Times 4 Dec. 6/6 Quilts—Switzers. Blu-Tack—Easons. Tables—Roches Stores. 1983 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 23 Aug. A reusable adhesive new to the United States is designed for hanging lightweight objects such as posters... That's just one of many uses the Bostik Consumer Division..recommends for its English-made Blu-Tack. 1992 Guardian (Nexis) 25 May (eG section) 8 To see how the moon orbits the Earth, attach the table-tennis ball to the birthday candle-holder with blu-tack. 2013 Church Times 21 June 15/2 One of Georgia's friends put his head round the vestry door, and asked if he could borrow some Blu-tack to put up a cardboard sign in the churchyard. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Blu-Tackv. transitive. To stick (a lightweight object) to a surface using Blu-Tack. ΚΠ 1976 Observer 29 Feb. 22/5 She measures out her life..weighing rice, picking up marbles, Blu-tacking a child's painting on the wall. 1999 Cat World Aug. 40/1 If you've got anything delicate, you could try blu-tacking them down. 2011 T. Ronald Becoming Nancy (2012) iv. 62 I..gaze up at a photograph of..Abba that I've Blu-Tacked to the ceiling. Derivatives ˈBlu-Tacked adj. ΚΠ 1993 Observer 17 Jan. b51/2 The walls bear Blu-tacked witnesses to this passion: Clint Eastwood, Cyrano de Bergerac. 2012 Y. A. Erskine Betrayal 7 Her familiar rose petal pink walls dotted with laminated, Blu-Tacked prints of her favourite Monets. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1972v.1976 |
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