| 释义 |
unsized
adjective
uk /ʌnˈsaɪzd/ us /ʌnˈsaɪzd/
unsizedadjective (NOT TREATED)
Unsized material, especially paper or cloth, has not been treated with size(= a substance like glue that makes the material stiff and gives it a hard, shiny surface):
Newsprint is unsized, low-quality paper for printing newspapers.
She developed a technique of soaking and staining raw, unsized canvas.
The artist uses rough, unsized paper which he stretches onto boards.
Unsized paper was used to filter the liquid.
Beneath the wallpaper, there was unsized horsehair plaster.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Covering and adding layers
additive
asphalt
bestrew
bind
blanket
blindfold
fall over
film
film over
gum
gum something up
inlaid
retile
retread
seasoned
slap
slap something on
smother something in/with something
tent
wax
unsizedadjective (NO MEASUREMENTS)
If something is unsized, its measurements are unknown or have not been given, or have not been changed:
The kimono is unsized.
an unsized circuit
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Measurements in general
altitude
bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetry
be running at somethingidiom
calibrate
cubic
drop
elevation
factor
knee-length
metric
micro
non-measurable
pico-
scale
setting
stopping distance
tera-
uncalibrated
|