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单词 neoprene
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Definition of neoprene in English:

neoprene

noun ˈniːə(ʊ)priːnˈniəˌprin
mass noun
  • A synthetic polymer resembling rubber, resistant to oil, heat, and weathering.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bindings also come in a variety of designs and materials, from a simple leather thong to a synthetic sleeve with neoprene or rubber straps and an array of buckle systems.
    • Plus, there are dozens of athletic bags that cuddle your dog in stain-resistant neoprene for when you're hiking, camping or just going to the grocery.
    • My first pair of chest highs were neoprene, they were cumbersome, bulky and walking was often difficult - they were also useless in warm weather, it was like being in a Turkish bath.
    • Manton defied the doctors and, with the help of a black strip of neoprene that he bought from a chemist, played senior football for Essendon and Carlton for more than a decade.
    • Many designers seemed to have succumbed to the liberating qualities of plastic, neoprene and PVC, with varying degrees of success.
    • There he sold his first wetsuits, a few vests he made from gluing together pieces of neoprene.
    • These compress like a wetsuit, although modern crushed neoprene and compressed neoprene is claimed not to.
    • Unlike PVC gloves, neoprene and nitrile gloves showed leakage rates comparable to latex gloves.
    • The case itself is made of neoprene (versatile synthetic rubber with 70 years of proven performance).
    • They usually incorporate an elastic material such as neoprene and may include straps or buttresses that help to stabilize the patella.
    • Shock isolating means protecting a component from these sudden jolts by mounting it with a shock-absorbing material like neoprene or natural rubber.
    • Du Pont renamed it neoprene and began to market it in 1930.
    • Wear cotton gloves if your hands get irritated; for wet work, cover the cotton with neoprene or vinyl gloves.
    • New plastics were invented such as neoprene in 1932, polythene in 1933 and Perspex in 1934.
    • Dressed in neoprene, with crash helmet, tank, fins and climbing belt, I was poised above the thundering, algae-green water of a gorge near Hallein, Austria.
    • ‘It's a very simple idea of a jacket made from 4mm neoprene with a zip on the reverse and adorned in the English flag,’ he said.
    • But the prospect of distance swims in cold, dark lakes, before peeling away neoprene to power off on a bike and finally to make jellied legs run and run is attracting Britons in droves.
    • They are dressed in shimmering black neoprene, white cotton head covers and old-fashioned, oval masks.
    • It was Droopy Crotch Syndrome city out there - saggy neoprene as far as the eye could see.
    • After World War II, the cotton braided coverings were displaced by neoprene and, later, by polyethylene.

Origin

1930s: from neo- 'new' + prene (perhaps from propyl + -ene), on the pattern of words such as chloroprene.

 
 

Definition of neoprene in US English:

neoprene

nounˈnēəˌprēnˈniəˌprin
  • A synthetic polymer resembling rubber, resistant to oil, heat, and weathering.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They usually incorporate an elastic material such as neoprene and may include straps or buttresses that help to stabilize the patella.
    • Shock isolating means protecting a component from these sudden jolts by mounting it with a shock-absorbing material like neoprene or natural rubber.
    • Dressed in neoprene, with crash helmet, tank, fins and climbing belt, I was poised above the thundering, algae-green water of a gorge near Hallein, Austria.
    • ‘It's a very simple idea of a jacket made from 4mm neoprene with a zip on the reverse and adorned in the English flag,’ he said.
    • Bindings also come in a variety of designs and materials, from a simple leather thong to a synthetic sleeve with neoprene or rubber straps and an array of buckle systems.
    • After World War II, the cotton braided coverings were displaced by neoprene and, later, by polyethylene.
    • Plus, there are dozens of athletic bags that cuddle your dog in stain-resistant neoprene for when you're hiking, camping or just going to the grocery.
    • Manton defied the doctors and, with the help of a black strip of neoprene that he bought from a chemist, played senior football for Essendon and Carlton for more than a decade.
    • Wear cotton gloves if your hands get irritated; for wet work, cover the cotton with neoprene or vinyl gloves.
    • Du Pont renamed it neoprene and began to market it in 1930.
    • My first pair of chest highs were neoprene, they were cumbersome, bulky and walking was often difficult - they were also useless in warm weather, it was like being in a Turkish bath.
    • These compress like a wetsuit, although modern crushed neoprene and compressed neoprene is claimed not to.
    • They are dressed in shimmering black neoprene, white cotton head covers and old-fashioned, oval masks.
    • There he sold his first wetsuits, a few vests he made from gluing together pieces of neoprene.
    • New plastics were invented such as neoprene in 1932, polythene in 1933 and Perspex in 1934.
    • It was Droopy Crotch Syndrome city out there - saggy neoprene as far as the eye could see.
    • Many designers seemed to have succumbed to the liberating qualities of plastic, neoprene and PVC, with varying degrees of success.
    • Unlike PVC gloves, neoprene and nitrile gloves showed leakage rates comparable to latex gloves.
    • But the prospect of distance swims in cold, dark lakes, before peeling away neoprene to power off on a bike and finally to make jellied legs run and run is attracting Britons in droves.
    • The case itself is made of neoprene (versatile synthetic rubber with 70 years of proven performance).

Origin

1930s: from neo- ‘new’ + prene (perhaps from propyl + -ene), on the pattern of words such as chloroprene.

 
 
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