| 单词 |
Sorbo |
| 释义 |
Sorbo|ˈsɔːbəʊ|
Also sorbo.
[Invented name: cf. absorb v.]
The proprietary name of a make of sponge rubber. Usu. attrib., esp. as sorbo rubber. Also fig.
1917Trade Marks Jrnl. 15 Aug. 799 Sorbo..Sponge substitutes (India Rubber). Leeson Sponge and Rubber Co. Ltd. 1919Ibid. 7 May 575 Sorbo Rubber-Sponge Products Ltd. 1926–7Army & Navy Stores Catal. 104/2 Sorbo sponges—each 1/3. 1939Archit. Rev. LXXXV. 251 (caption) The smaller sketch shows the large rounded sorbo strips fixed to door edges. 1940Amat. Radio Handbk. (ed. 2) 134/1 Most microphones will tend to pick up floor vibrations if rested directly on the table. For this reason they should preferably be placed on a piece of sorbo rubber. 1941C. Kirkus Let's go Climbing ix. 132, I..put the sorbo mattress underneath my outer clothes, donned gloves and balaclava, and prepared to spend the night. 1941‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon I. 319 Astra..bounced from the platform like a great sorbo ball to say good-bye. 1942M. Dickens One Pair of Feet viii. 159 Toots pursed her sorbo lips over the result. 1963G. Freeman Campaign vii. 102 Boat-like red slippers with thick, white sorbo soles. 1976Lancet 9 Oct. 801/2 The endangered areas, trochanters and sacrum, are kept free of pressure by placing the patient on a pillow or, better, sorborubber packs. |
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