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单词 rubber chicken circuit
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rubber1 /rubˈər/

noun
  1. A person or thing that rubs or massages
  2. An eraser
  3. A thing for rubbing with, such as a hard brush, a file, a whetstone, emery cloth, a coarse towel, etc
  4. A rubbing part of a machine
  5. A cabinetmaker's pad for polishing
  6. A soft brick that can be cut and smoothed
  7. An uneven place
  8. A rub or impediment in bowls
  9. A rebuff or irritating experience
  10. Caoutchouc, india-rubber, or a substitute
  11. A piece of india-rubber, esp for erasing, or as part of a brake
  12. (in pl) plimsolls or india-rubber overshoes (orig US)
  13. A rubberneck (US)
  14. A condom (chiefly N American)
  15. (in pl) a sheep disease with heat accompanied by itchiness
adjective

Of, yielding or concerned with india-rubber

transitive verb

To coat, cover or provide with rubber

intransitive verb (US)

To rubberneck

ORIGIN: Ety as for rub1

rubbˈeriness noun

rubbˈerize or rubbˈerise transitive verb

To treat or coat with rubber

rubbˈery adjective

Resembling rubber in appearance or texture

rubber band noun

A thin loop of rubber used to hold things together

rubber bullet noun

A hard rubber cylinder fired from a special type of gun, used in riot control

rubber cement noun

An adhesive made of rubber dissolved in a solvent

rubber cheque or (N American) check noun (facetious)

A cheque that bounces

rubber chicken circuit noun (esp N Am sl)

A lecture tour, round of political campaigning, etc characterized by the provision of bland, unappetizing food to the participants

rubbˈer-cored adjective

(of a golf ball) having a tightly wound band of rubber enclosed in a guttapercha cover

rubber goods plural noun (euphemistic)

Condoms

rubbˈerneck noun (orig US sl)

  1. An over-inquisitive or gaping person
  2. A tourist, esp one who sightsees from a tour coach

intransitive verb

To behave as a rubberneck

transitive verb

To stare at

rubber plant noun

  1. Any of various plants from whose sap rubber is made, especially Ficus elastica, often grown as an ornamental pot-plant
  2. A rubber tree

rubber room noun (US sl)

  1. A room padded with foam rubber in a psychiatric hospital, etc
  2. A tedious job with poor working conditions (rubbˈer-room adjective; figurative)

rubber solution noun

A solution of rubber in naphtha or carbon disulphide, for repairing pneumatic tyres

rubber stamp noun

  1. A stamp of rubber for making inked impressions
  2. A person unquestioningly devoted to routine or officialdom
  3. An automatic or unthinking agreement or authorization
  4. A person or people making such an agreement, etc

rubbˈer-stamp transitive verb

  1. To imprint with a rubber stamp
  2. To approve without exercise of judgement

rubber tree noun

A tropical American tree (Hevea brasiliensis) grown for its latex, a source of rubber

rubbˈerwear noun

Rubber clothing

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