vulcanize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable. transitive
    — Local workers hike up the side of the mountain and down into the crater at the top to harvest its sulfur—a byproduct of the gas that escapes from the volcano’s vents and collects near the shores of an acidic lake at the crater’s center. The chemical is used in industry worldwide, from making matchsticks to vulcanizing rubber, but Ijen’s sulfur goes mostly to local factories, which use it to bleach sugar.
  2. To undergo such treatment. intransitive
    — These vulcanized hearts, they only become more resistant when you ask for mercy.

词形变化

vulcanizes present,singular,third-person vulcanizing participle,present vulcanized participle,past vulcanized past vulcanise alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
devulcanize vulcanisation vulcanization vulcanized fiber vulcanizer
相关词
vulcanicity vulcanite vulcanology Vulcan

词源

Etymology tree
English Vulcan
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English vulcanize
From Vulcan + -ize.
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