gutta-percha

名词 n.
/ɡʌtəˈpɜːtʃə/    /ɡʌɾəˈpɝtʃə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An inelastic natural latex, produced from the sap of several tropical trees of the genera Palaquium and Payena. countable,uncountable
    — Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state .

词形变化

gutta-perchas plural guttapercha alternative gutta percha alternative guttah alternative,obsolete

词源

Etymology tree
Malay getah percabor.
English gutta-percha
Borrowed from Malay getah perca.
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