“decalcomania”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

decalcomania

释义

decalcoˈmania
Often in Fr. form.
[ad. mod.F. décalcomanie, f. décalquer to transfer a tracing + manie mania, craze.]
A process or art of transferring pictures from a specially prepared paper to surfaces of glass, porcelain, etc., much in vogue about 1862–4. Also attrib.
1864The Queen 27 Feb. 164 There are few employments for leisure hours which for the past eighteen months have proved either so fashionable or fascinating as decalcomanie.1865Morn. Star 25 Aug., The potichomania..assumed a still more virulent craze when decalcomania was ushered into the world.1869Eng. Mech. 12 Nov. 215/1 Gilded scroll-work can be made to show through plain glass by the Decalcomanie process.
decalcoˈmaniac, one who practises this process.
1866M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile 116 The most timid of the décalcomaniacs.

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