单词 | Indian ink |
释义 | ink /ingk/noun
To mark, daub, cover, blacken or colour with ink ORIGIN: OFr enque (Fr encre), from LL encaustum the purple-red ink used by the later Roman emperors, from Gr enkauston, from enkaiein to burn in; see encaustic inkˈer noun
inkˈiness noun inkˈy adjective (inkˈier; inkˈiest)
inkˈ-bag or inkˈ-sac noun A sac in some cuttlefishes, containing a black viscid fluid inkˈberry noun (the fruit of) any of various N American shrubs, esp Ilex glabra of the holly family and Phytolacca americana, pokeweed inkˈ-blot noun (psychology) A standardized blot of ink used in the Rorschach test to identify personality traits and disorders ink-blot test same as Rorschach test inkˈ-bottle noun A bottle for holding ink inkˈ-cap noun Any mushroom of the genus Coprinus, such as C. comatus, the shaggy ink-cap inkˈ-eraser noun An eraser of india-rubber treated with fine sand, used for rubbing out ink marks inkˈ-feed noun The passage by which ink is fed to the nib of a fountain pen inkˈ-fish noun A cuttlefish or squid inkˈholder noun
inkˈhorn noun
adjective Pedantic, bookish, obscure inkˈhorn-mate noun (Shakespeare; derogatory) A bookish person, a scribbler inkˈing-rollˈer noun A roller covered with a substance for inking printing type inkˈing-taˈble noun A table or flat surface used for supplying the inking-roller with ink during the process of printing ink-jet printer noun A printer which produces characters on paper by squirting a fine jet of ink that is vibrated, electrically charged and deflected by electrostatic fields inkˈpad noun A pad of inked cloth used in rubber-stamping, fingerprinting, etc ink pencil noun A copying pencil, a pencil made from a substance whose marks when moistened look like ink and can be copied by a printing press ink plant noun A European shrub (Coriaria myrtifolia) or a related species native to New Zealand (C. thymifolia) inkˈpot noun An ink-bottle, or pot for dipping a pen in inkˈ-slinger or US inkˈ-jerker noun (derog sl)
inkˈspot noun A small ink stain inkˈ-stained adjective inkˈstand noun A stand or tray for ink bottles and (usu) pens inkˈstone noun A kind of stone containing sulphate of iron, used in making ink inkˈwell noun A container for ink fitted into, or standing on, a desk, etc China ink, Chinese ink or Indian ink, (US) India ink
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invisible or sympathetic ink A kind of ink that remains invisible on the paper until it is heated marking-ink see under mark1 printing ink see under print sling ink (derog sl)
Indian /inˈdi-ən/adjectiveOf or belonging to India (with various boundaries) or its native population, or to the Indies (East or West), or to the indigenous peoples of America, or to the Indians of South Africa noun
ORIGIN: L India, from Indus (Gr Indos), the Indus (Pers Hind, Sans sindhu a river) Inˈdianist noun A person who has a scholarly knowledge of Indian languages, history, etc Indianizāˈtion or Indianisāˈtion noun Inˈdianize or Inˈdianise transitive verb
To become Indian or like an Indian Inˈdiaman noun (pl Inˈdiamen) A large ship employed in trade with India Indian agent noun In USA and Canada, an official who represents the government in the administration of native Indian affairs, esp on reservations Indian berry noun The fruit of Anamirta cocculus (see cocculus indicus under coccus) Indian bison noun A gaur Indian bread noun
Indian buffalo noun An Asiatic buffalo (see buffalo) Indian club noun A bottle-shaped block of wood, swung in various motions by the arms to develop the muscles Indian corn noun Maize, so called because brought from the West Indies Indian cress noun A garden plant (Tropaeolum majus, popularly nasturtium) from Peru, with orange flowers Indian fig noun
Indian file see under file1 Indian fire noun A firework used as a signal light, consisting of sulphur, realgar, and nitre Indian gift noun (N Am inf) A gift that is given and then taken back, or for which a return gift is expected Indian giver noun Indian giving noun Giving with the expectation of reciprocation Indian head massage noun A system of head massage that follows the principles of ayurveda, intended to reduce stress and improve the condition of the hair Indian hemp noun
indian ink or (N American) india ink see under ink Indian liquorice noun The jequirity or crab's-eye plant (Abrus precatorius) whose root is used as a substitute for liquorice Indian mallow noun A tall N American weed (Abutilon theophrasti) with small yellow flowers Indian meal noun Ground maize Indian medicine see ayurveda Indian millet noun Durra Indian pink noun Any of several American flowering plants, esp Spigelia marilandica Indian pipe noun A woodland plant (Monotropa uniflora) of N America, with a solitary drooping flower, not unlike a tobacco pipe Indian poke noun An American plant, white hellebore Indian red noun Red ochre, or native ferric oxide, formerly imported from the East as a red pigment, also made artificially Indian rice see zizania Indian rope-trick noun The supposed Indian trick of climbing an unsupported rope Indian runner noun A breed of domestic duck Indian shot noun A cosmopolitan tropical plant of the genus Canna, much cultivated for its flowers Indian sign noun A magic spell bringing bad luck Indian summer noun
Indian tobacco noun An American flowering plant (Lobelia inflata) with inflated seed pods Indian turnip noun An American araceous plant with a starchy tuber Indian wrestling noun
India paper noun
india-rubbˈer or India rubber noun
India rubber tree noun A rubber plant India shawl noun A Kashmir shawl East India Company A great chartered company formed for trading with India and the East Indies, the English Company, incorporated in 1600 and (having lost its power by 1858) dissolved in 1874 East Indian An inhabitant or native of the East Indies, usu applied to a Eurasian East Indies
Red Indian (now considered offensive) A member of the indigenous peoples of (esp North) America, a Native American West Indian A native or an inhabitant of the West Indies West Indies An archipelago stretching from Florida to Venezuela |
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