self-sealing

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Describing a device with seals that activate without special procedures. not-comparable
    — The engine had self-sealing gaskets to keep the grease in, just tighten the bolts.
  2. Describing a container that is capable of automatically closing off leaks that form in it. not-comparable
    — Many pilots' lives were saved during World War II by salf-sealing gas tanks that kept their planes from becoming fireballs when riddled with bullets.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English sealing
English self-sealing
From self- + sealing.
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