mandarining

n. (中国清朝九品及九品以上的)官吏；(年长或保守的)政界要人, 官僚, 达官贵人 a. 中国式服装的；紧身马褂的；官僚的；保守的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The use of a nitric acid solution to give an orange colour to textiles, such as silk or wool.

    古体 历史 不可数

    1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures By this method, which is called mandarining, an orange colour is given to silk and wool, not from the solution of a colouring matter, but by producing a certain change in the fibre by the action of dilute nitric acid.

词源

From mandarin + -ing.

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