chunam

石灰

发音

UK /tʃʊˈnɑːm/

词形变化

chunams 复数 chunamed chunaming chunammed chunamming chunams 三单 chunams chunaming 现在分词 chunamming 现在分词 chunamed 过去式 chunamed 过去分词 chunammed 过去式 chunammed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of plaster made from lime and sand, used for indoor finishing and slope protection.

    印度 不可数

    The one Mr Cleveland and I inhabited was, as I have already observed, constructed of mud instead of chunam.

    If the slope has to be covered by shotcrete or chunam, tree rings of sufficient size should be provided to allow adequate supply of air and water to reach the tree roots.

v.
  1. 1.

    To plaster or waterproof with chunam.

    及物

    A PUNT FOR SALE, thirty-four feet long, twelve feet broad, and three feet ten inches deep, chunamed, sheathed, and coppered, carries about fifteen tons.

词源

From Tamil சுண்ணம் (cuṇṇam, “lime, ground mortar”), from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa, “powder; lime”).

来源：wiktionary