| 单词 | rubber |
| 释义 | rubber 1. n. 1. a tough elastic polymeric substance made from the latex of plants or synthetically. 2. esp. Brit. a piece of this or another substance for erasing pencil or ink marks. 3. colloq. a condom. 4. (in pl.) US galoshes. 5. a person who rubs; a masseur or masseuse. 6. a an implement used for rubbing. b part of a machine operating by rubbing. Phrases and idioms rubber band a loop of rubber for holding papers etc. together. rubber plant 1. an evergreen plant, Ficus elastica, with dark-green shiny leaves, often cultivated as a house-plant. 2. (also rubber tree) any of various tropical trees yielding latex, esp. Hevea brasiliensis. rubber solution a liquid drying to a rubber-like material, used esp. as an adhesive in mending rubber articles. rubber stamp 1 a device for inking and imprinting on a surface. 2. a a person who mechanically copies or agrees to others' actions. b an indication of such agreement. rubber-stamp v.tr. approve automatically without proper consideration. Derivatives rubbery adj. rubberiness n. Etymology: RUB(1) + -ER(1), from its early use to rub out pencil marks 2. n. 1. a match of three or five successive games between the same sides or persons at whist, bridge, cricket, lawn tennis, etc. 2. (prec. by the) a the act of winning two games in a rubber. b a third game when each side has won one. Etymology: orig. unkn.: used as a term in bowls from c. 1600 |
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