enamel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈnæməl/    美 /ɪˈnæməl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects. countable,uncountable
  2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish. countable,uncountable
    — Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson
  3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth. countable,uncountable
  4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To coat or decorate with enamel. transitive
    — Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, In euery part exceding braue and rich.
  2. To variegate with colours, as if with enamel. transitive
    — Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck.
  3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon. transitive
    — to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth
  4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion. transitive

词形变化

enamels plural enamels present,singular,third-person enameling US,participle,present enamelling UK,participle,present enameled US,participle,past enameled US,past enamelled UK,participle,past enamelled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
cementoenamel cervical enamel cervicoenamel counterenamel dentinoenamel enameler enamelin enamelist enameller enamelless enameloma enameloplasty enamel paper enamelware enamelwork enamelworker enamelworks nail enamel paper enamel porcelain enamel stove enamel tooth enamel vitreous enamel

词源

词源 1
From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Early Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”).
词源 2
From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above).
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