| 正面 | 4837.rubber 英 ['rʌbə]美 ['rʌbɚ]     |
|---|---|
| 背面 |     释义： 1. sweat + -er => sweater.2. sweater => sweat.n. 橡胶；橡皮；合成橡胶；按摩师adj. 橡胶制成的vt. 涂橡胶于；用橡胶制造vi. 扭转脖子看；好奇地引颈而望n. (Rubber)人名；(西)鲁韦尔 例句： 1. Rubber bullets were used to break up the demonstration.橡皮子弹被用来驱散示威人群。 rubber 橡皮，橡胶来自 rub,刮，擦，-er,表物。 rubber (n.)"thing that rubs" (a brush, cloth, etc.), 1530s, agent noun from rub (v.). The meaning "elastic substance from tropical plants" (short for India rubber) first recorded 1788, introduced to Europe 1744 by Charles Marie de la Condamine, so called because it originally was used as an eraser.Very useful for erasing the strokes of black lead pencils, and is popularly called rubber, and lead-eater. [entry for Caoutchouc in Howard, "New Royal Encyclopedia," 1788]Meaning "overshoe made of rubber" is 1842, American English; slang sense of "condom" is by 1930s. Sense of "deciding match" in a game or contest is 1590s, of unknown signification, and perhaps an entirely separate word. Rubber stamp (n.) is from 1881; figurative sense of "institution whose power is formal but not real" is from 1919; the verb in this sense is from 1934. Rubber cement is attested from 1856 (from 1823 as India-rubber cement). Rubber check (one that "bounces") is from 1927." |