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单词 papier-mâché
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pa•pier-mâ•ché /ˌpeɪpɚməˈʃeɪ, pɑˌpyeɪ-/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Printingmoistened paper pulp mixed with glue, made into shapes when moist, and becoming hard and strong when dry:a box of papier-mâché.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. Printingmade of papier-mâché.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pa•pier-mâ•ché  (pā′pər mə shā′, -ma-; Fr. pa pyā mä shā′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Printinga substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.

adj. 
  1. Printingmade of papier-mâché.
  2. easily destroyed or discredited;
    false, pretentious, or illusory:a papier-mâché façade of friendship.
Also, paper-mâché. 
  • French: literally, chewed paper
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
papier-mâché /ˌpæpjeɪˈmæʃeɪ; French: papjemɑʃe/ n
  1. a hard strong substance suitable for painting on, made of paper pulp or layers of paper mixed with paste, size, etc, and moulded when moist
 adj
  1. made of papier-mâché
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, literally: chewed paper
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