单词 | adhesive |
释义 | adhesive —adhesively, adv. —adhesiveness, n. /ad hee"siv, -ziv/, adj. 1. coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages. 2. sticking fast; sticky; clinging. 3. Physics. of or pertaining to the molecular force that exists in the area of contact between unlike bodies and that acts to unite them. n. 4. a substance that causes something to adhere, as glue or rubber cement. 5. See adhesive tape. 6. Philately. a postage stamp with a gummed back, as distinguished from one embossed or printed on an envelope or card. [1660-70; ADHES(ION) + -IVE] |
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