英汉词典

asbestos 基本解释

• n. 石棉
• adj. 石棉的

asbestos 中文词源

来自希腊语。前缀a-, 不能，没有。sbestos, 抑制。古义指生石灰。后植物学家Pliny错误的用来指石棉，而实际上石棉是一种高度不可燃物质，如广泛应用于空气净化电除尘器的外保温材料等。

asbestos 英文词源

asbestos

asbestos: [14] Originally, the word we now know as asbestos was applied in the Middle Ages to a mythical stone which, once set alight, could never be put out; it came from the Greek compound ásbestos, literally ‘inextinguishable’, which was formed from the prefix a- ‘not’ and sbestós, a derivative of the verb sbennúnai ‘extinguish’. However, by the time it first came into English, its form was not quite what it is today.

To begin with, it was the Greek accusative form, ásbeston, that was borrowed, and in its passage from Latin through Old French it developed several variants, including asbeston and albeston, most of which turned up in English. Then, in the early 17th century, the word was reborrowed from the original Greek source, ásbestos, and applied to a noncombustible silicate mineral.

asbestos (n.)

1650s, earlier albeston, abestus (c. 1100), name of a fabulous stone, which, set afire, could not be extinguished; from Old French abeste, abestos, from Latin asbestos "quicklime" (which "burns" when cold water is poured on it), from Greek asbestos, literally "inextinguishable," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + sbestos, verbal adjective from sbennynai "to quench," from PIE root *(s)gwes- "to quench, extinguish" (cognates: Lithuanian gestu "to go out," Old Church Slavonic gaso, Hittite kishtari "is being put out").

The Greek word was used by Dioscorides as a noun meaning "quicklime." "Erroneously applied by Pliny to an incombustible fibre, which he believed to be vegetable, but which was really the amiantos of the Greeks" [OED]. Meaning "mineral capable of being woven into incombustible fabric" is from c. 1600 in English; earlier this was called amiant (early 15c.), from Latin amiantus, from Greek amiantos, literally "undefiled" (so called because it showed no mark or stain when thrown into fire). Supposed in the Middle Ages to be salamanders' wool. Prester John, the Emperor of India, and Pope Alexander III were said to have had robes or tunics made of it.

asbestos 英文释义

1. a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

asbestos 双语例句

1. The prospectors have discovered such minerals as calcite, quartz and asbestos here.

探矿人员在这里发现了方解石 、 石英、石棉等矿藏.

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2. Asbestos can be used to insulate a cooking stove.

石棉能用来使烹调用的炉灶绝热.

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3. Breathing asbestos - laden air may be hazardous to health.

呼吸充满了石棉的空气可能对健康有害.

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4. They claim the council has prejudiced their health by failing to deal with asbestos.

他们声称，理事会没有处理好石棉的问题，从而损害了他们的健康。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Blue asbestos is far less common in buildings, which is just as well because it's more dangerous than white asbestos.

蓝石棉在建筑中很不常见，这倒是一件幸事，因为它比白石棉危险得多。

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asbestos 实用场景例句

The prospectors have discovered such minerals as calcite, quartz and asbestos here.

探矿人员在这里发现了方解石 、 石英、石棉等矿藏.

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Asbestos can be used to insulate a cooking stove.

石棉能用来使烹调用的炉灶绝热.

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Cover the forms with asbestos cloth for welding work to prevent forms from being damaged.

在模板上进行电焊作业时,应铺上石棉布,以防损伤模板.

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Ningxia produces coal, petroleum, mica, asbestos, lime and Chinese wolfberry.

宁夏出产煤 、 石油 、 云母 、 石棉 、 石灰和枸杞子.

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Many countries have limited or banned the use of asbestos because of fears that its fibres cause diseases such as lung cancer if inhaled.

许多国家限制或禁止了石棉的使用,因为害怕其纤维被吸入人体后会导致肺癌等疾病.

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Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral aggregates can be split into thin and flexible fiber.

石棉是天然纤维状矿物的集合体,可劈分成细而柔韧的纤维.

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You don't an amendment to the Constitution on burning the flag. Make it out of asbestos!

哪需要修正宪法来禁止烧国旗, 改用石棉制造就没人会去碰它!

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A little asbestos fiber is formed on the contacts.

有少量石棉产于接触带.

辞典例句

Other examples are cell damage caused by silica, asbestos and possibly some carcinogens.

另外的例子是二氧化硅 、 石棉和可能的某些致癌物质所引起的细胞损害.

辞典例句

B : Thank you for your aming, but my clothes are made of asbestos.

谢谢您的提醒, 不过我的衣服是石棉做的.

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Inter woven from asbestos dust free warp and weft yarns.

本产品适用石棉经纬交织而成.

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Metallic material combination with asbestos plate , making it elastic and tight, free of leakage.

金属材料与石棉板冲合, 弹性大,密封好无泄漏.

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Mats, Simmons, asbestos and other products to capture major market of Wenzhou.

草席 、 席梦思 、 石棉瓦等产品占领温州主要市场.

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The enterprise KOCH WILHELM HANDELS GMBH offers among other things Asbestos disposal and Construction waste Account.

KOCHWILHELMHANDELS GMBH是一家诚信的、高效能的生产商和服务商,该公司提供新型的、专门的产品,例如石棉滤毒处理,建筑废料采用.

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The steam pipe re wrapped with asbestos.

蒸汽管已用石棉重新包扎.

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Dad built a kitchen with asbestos shingles in the courtyard when we were living a bungalow.

住平房时,爸爸用石棉瓦在院子里搭建了一个厨房.

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We have asbestos ( rubber, plastic, glass, paint ) products of all kinds.

我们有各种石棉 ( 橡胶塑料玻璃油漆 ) 制品.

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On the rigid surfaces of non - ferrous metal as finish , concrete, asbestos - cement board, plank, polymeric ester etc.

可作为饰面涂料涂装在 非 铁金属 、 混凝土 、 水泥石棉板 、 木板 、 聚酯及其他刚性表面.

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Workers who handle asbestos need to wear protective clothing.

接触石棉的工人需穿防护衣.

辞典例句

Asbestos reinforcement confers excellent flame retardation properties on a composite.

石棉增强材料使复合材料具有优异的防火性能.

辞典例句

Serpentine often contains some asbestos , and should be used with caution .

因为蛇纹石往往包含了一些石棉，收集时应谨慎。

辞典例句

They claim the council has prejudiced their health by failing to deal with asbestos.

他们声称，理事会没有处理好石棉的问题，从而损害了他们的健康。

柯林斯例句

Blue asbestos is far less common in buildings, which is just as well because it's more dangerous than white asbestos.

蓝石棉在建筑中很不常见，这倒是一件幸事，因为它比白石棉危险得多。

柯林斯例句