英语词汇“rubbery”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Rubbery things have a tough, flexible texture, like a rubbery playground ball or a rubbery piece of American cheese.

You'll often find the adjective rubbery describing food that's unpleasant to chew, like rubbery pasta or overcooked, rubbery chicken. Things actually made out of rubber are rubbery too, like a rubbery water balloon or the pair of rubbery gloves your grandma uses for gardening. Rubbery comes from rubber, a noun that originally meant "an eraser made from a tropical plant," or in other words, "a thing that rubs."

WORD FAMILY

rubber: rubbered, rubbering, rubberise, rubberize, rubberlike, rubbers, rubbery+/rubberize: rubberized, rubberizing

USAGE EXAMPLES

I wanted to touch his face, to run my hand over his rubbery cheeks.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003)

It was unremarkable a week later, and green-lipped mussels in a perfectly good galangal and lemongrass broth had been cooked so furiously they were rubbery.

New York Times(Nov 22, 2016)

The song was produced in accordance with the style of the era, with lots of synthesizer and rubbery, overdubbed percussion.

The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016)

1adj having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness

Syn

rubberlike
elastic

capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy

2adj difficult to chew

Syn

cartilaginous, gristly
tough

resistant to cutting or chewing

单词	rubbery
释义	rubbery (once / 35601 pages) adj Rubbery things have a tough, flexible texture, like a rubbery playground ball or a rubbery piece of American cheese. You'll often find the adjective rubbery describing food that's unpleasant to chew, like rubbery pasta or overcooked, rubbery chicken. Things actually made out of rubber are rubbery too, like a rubbery water balloon or the pair of rubbery gloves your grandma uses for gardening. Rubbery comes from rubber, a noun that originally meant "an eraser made from a tropical plant," or in other words, "a thing that rubs." WORD FAMILY rubber: rubbered, rubbering, rubberise, rubberize, rubberlike, rubbers, rubbery+/rubberize: rubberized, rubberizing USAGE EXAMPLES I wanted to touch his face, to run my hand over his rubbery cheeks. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) It was unremarkable a week later, and green-lipped mussels in a perfectly good galangal and lemongrass broth had been cooked so furiously they were rubbery. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) The song was produced in accordance with the style of the era, with lots of synthesizer and rubbery, overdubbed percussion. The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) 1adj having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness Syn rubberlike elastic capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy 2adj difficult to chew Syn cartilaginous, gristly tough resistant to cutting or chewing
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