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单词 glue-sniffing
释义

glue /gloo/

noun
  1. An impure gelatine produced by boiling animal waste (hooves, hides, bones), used as an adhesive
  2. Any of several synthetic substances used as adhesives
transitive verb (gluˈing; glued)

To join with, or as if with, glue or some other adhesive

ORIGIN: Fr glu, from LL glus, glūtis

gluˈer noun

gluˈey adjective (gluˈier; gluˈiest)

  1. Containing glue
  2. Sticky
  3. Viscous

gluˈeyness noun

gluˈish adjective (obsolete)

Having the nature of glue

glueˈball noun

A hypothetical subatomic particle consisting exclusively of gluons bound together

glue ear noun

A condition of the ear where middle-ear fluid fails to drain down the Eustachian tube, collecting instead behind the eardrum and causing deafness, infection and discharge

glueˈ-pot noun

  1. A vessel for melting or holding glue
  2. A sticky place (informal)

glueˈ-sniffer noun

A person who inhales the fumes of certain types of glue to achieve hallucinatory effects, etc

glueˈ-sniffing noun

The practice (sometimes fatal) of doing this

be glued to (informal)

  1. To fix the eyes on (esp a television or computer screen) with intense concentration or interest
  2. To stay very close to

marine glue

Not a glue, but a composition of rubber, shellac and oil, that resists seawater

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