单词 | sticky foam |
释义 | > as lemmassticky foam sticky foam n. chiefly U.S. a highly adhesive viscous substance in the form of a foam which can be sprayed in string-like ribbons as a means of immobilizing a person, disabling a mechanism, etc.Sticky foam was developed and patented by Sandia National Laboratories in the late 1970s.In quot. 1967 not a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1967 R. J. Heaston in Cellular Plastics (National Acad. Sci.-National Res. Council (U.S.)) i. 10 It is also quite possible that foamed plastics could be used for active devices such as foamed explosives, a foam thrower, or a sticky foam for use as an intrusion barrier.] 1978 Energy Res. Abstr. (U.S. Department of Energy) 30 Nov. 5281/2 Sticky foam... Access to a space is impeded by the generation of a sticky foam from a tacky polymeric resin and a low-boiling-point solvent. 1985 Washington Post 27 Aug. a5/5 When the lock is tampered with, it ‘releases a substance that's stickier than molasses into the locking mechanism’, Hoover said. ‘We call it sticky foam, and we think it works.’ 1995 Stars & Stripes 6 Nov. 3/1 During the 1994 U.S. troop withdrawal from Somalia, Marines used ‘sticky foam’ and road spikes to create barriers between Somalis and departing U.S. and U.N. personnel. 2001 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 3 Mar. c2/6 Stink bombs and sticky foam have been tested, as well as sonic weapons whose high-intensity sound waves disrupt internal organs. < as lemmas |
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