latex

FREQ #16943

n. 乳液, 胶乳 [化] 胶乳

发音

UK /ˈleɪtɛks/
其它
US /ˈleɪˌtɛks/

词形变化

latexes latices 复数 latices latexes 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph).

    古体 可数 罕用 不可数 医学
  2. 2.

    The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

    橡浆

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.

    胶乳

    乳胶

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  4. 4.

    Natural latex rubber, especially nonvulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

latex paint

上位词 2

exudate exudation

下位词 5

rubber caoutchouc gum elastic india rubber natural rubber

相关短语

latex paint 乳胶涂料 latex paints

词源

Borrowed from New Latin latex (“clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid”), a later use of Latin latex (“water; liquid, fluid”). Potentially a borrowing from Ancient Greek λᾰ́τᾰξ (lắtăx, “drop of wine”), reformed by analogy to other nouns in -ex. The semantic shift, however, from drop of wine to water is difficult to explain and may indicate that both words originated from a separate language. Perhaps from the same root as Proto-Celtic *latis (Old Irish laith (“liquid, beer”), Welsh llad (“beer”)) or Proto-Germanic *ladjō- (Old High German letto (“clay, loam”), Old Norse leðja (“mud, dregs”)) or from a Pre-Greek language.

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