Pyrex

n. 派莱克斯耐热玻璃 [医] 派热克斯玻璃(商品名)

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of pyrex.

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name
  1. 1.

    A brand of glassware produced by the Corning corporation, capable of resisting high temperatures, and suitable for cooking applications, currently made with tempered glass.

  2. 2.

    A brand of glassware produced by Corning using borosilicate glass.

    历史

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

glass

词源

From pie + r + -ex. First manufactured by the Corning Glassware Factory in 1915. * 1957, Letter from the Corning Glassware Factory: *: "We had a number of prior trademarks ending in the letters ex. One of the first commercial products to be sold under the new mark was a pie plate, and in the interests of euphonism the letter "r" was inserted between pie and ex, and the whole thing condensed to pyrex." * The name also connotes the fire of pyro-.

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