nylon

英 ['na?l?n] 美['na?lɑn]

低頻詞CET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6常用詞匯

復數(shù):?nylons;

1. 音譯“尼龍”。

nylon 尼龍

品牌名。

nylon: nylon: [20] English has a long history of naming fabrics after their places of origin: denim from N?mes, for instance, muslin from Mosul, and calico from Calicut in India. It is not surprising, therefore, that the popular myth has grown up that nylon took its name from New York (ny-) and London (-lon). The truth, however, is more prosaic. Du Pont, nylon’s inventors, took the element -on (as in cotton and rayon) and simply added the arbitrary syllable nyl-. The word was coined in 1938, and its plural was in use for ‘nylon stockings’ as early as 1940.
nylon (n.): 1938, coined, according to DuPont, from random generic syllable nyl- + -on, common ending in fiber names (compare rayon), said to be ultimately from cotton. Use (in plural) for "nylon stockings" is from 1940.

1. I slowly zipped and locked the heavy black nylon bags.: 我慢慢地把那些沉重的黑色尼龍袋的拉鏈拉上并鎖好。

2. When it's dry, brush the hair using a soft, nylon baby brush.: 當頭發(fā)干后，用柔軟的嬰兒用尼龍發(fā)刷梳理頭發(fā)。

3. Europe's largest producer of nylon is based in Belgium.: 歐洲最大的尼龍制造商總部設在比利時。

4. There may even be some wire or nylon biting into the flesh.: 甚至可能有一些金屬絲或者尼龍線勒到肉里。