rubber

英 ['rʌbə] 美['rʌbɚ]

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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

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中文词源

rubber 橡皮，橡胶

来自 rub,刮，擦，-er,表物。

词态变化

复数: rubbers;

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. Rubber bullets were used to break up the demonstration.: 橡皮子弹被用来驱散示威人群。

2. The accident was caused by people slowing down to rubber-neck.: 事故是由为了看热闹而减速的人引起的。

3. Wear rubber gloves while chopping chillies as they can irritate the skin.: 切辣椒时要戴橡胶手套，因为辣椒会刺激皮肤。

4. Seven people were wounded when soldiers fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds.: 士兵发射橡皮子弹驱散人群时有7个人受了伤。

5. The lad was wearing rubber-soled shoes.: 这个小伙子穿着橡胶底的鞋子。

英英释意

1. latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus)

2. an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil

3. contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse

4. a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

考试真题

By 1905, cars began to look like cars of today, with head lamps, windscreen, rubber tyres and number plates.

The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, said Flack.

As the plant dries, these resources take on first the properties of honey, then rubber, and finally enter a glass-like state that is the most stable state that the plant can maintain, Farrant says.

"The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, " said Flack.

I chose a red rubber ball-simple, universally available.

实用场景例句

a ball made of rubber: 皮球

a rubber tree: 橡胶树

[常用于名词前]a rubber ball: 皮球

rubber gloves: 橡皮手套

...the smell of burning rubber.: 橡胶燃烧的气味

...rubber gloves.: 橡胶手套

...a rubber ball.: 橡胶球

Let's have a few rubbers of bridge.: 我们玩几局桥牌吧。

I can't open the door hardness of stone.: 我不能打开那扇石门.

A rubber ball bounces well.: 橡皮球弹力好.

The rubber hose is playing out.: 卷着的橡皮管正在逐渐放开.

If plastic and rubber are burnt, they'll give off poisonous gases.: 要是塑料和橡胶被焚, 就会放出有毒的气体.

Rubber is an elastic material.: 橡胶是一种弹性材料.

The doctors decided that a rubber pipe would have to be let in to enable him to breathe.: 医生们决定得插一个橡皮管进去,好使他能呼吸.

The rubber skirts round the bottom of a hovercraft were destroyed.: 气垫船底部四周的橡胶护板被毁了.

Rubber will not let water through.: 水浸不透橡胶.

The stair treads were covered with rubber to prevent slipping.: 楼梯踏板上覆盖着橡胶以防滑.

You can erase pencil marks with a rubber.: 你可以用橡皮擦掉铅笔记号.

Oil and grease will rot the rubber of the tyre.: 油污会腐蚀轮胎的橡胶.

Most of the white liquid running out of these trees ends up as rubber tires.: 从这些树上流出来的大部分白色液体最后都变成了橡胶轮胎.

Rubber balls can be made to bound.: 可以使橡皮球弹回.

Rubber is a resilient material.: 橡胶是有弹性的材料.

We bartered for furs with tobacco and rubber.: 我们用烟草和橡胶换取毛皮.

Most foreign trading companies in West Africa deals in rubber, cocoa and vegetable oil.: 西非的大多数外贸公司经营橡胶、可可和植物油.

Pencil marks can be erased with a rubber.: 铅笔的痕迹可被橡皮擦掉.

The government bought up the whole domestic rubber crop.: 政府买进国产的全部橡胶.

Foam rubber provides good insulation.: 泡沫橡胶隔绝性能良好.

The teacher is cleaning the blackboard with a board rubber.: 老师正在用黑板擦擦黑板.

The smell of burning rubber is not pleasant.: 橡胶燃烧的气味不好闻.

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