- 1石綿（台灣這樣寫；中國大陸作「石棉」）
Asbestos is a grey mineral that does not catch fire easily. For a long time people used it in buildings — roof sheets, wrapping around , ceiling tiles — and in clothes meant to protect workers from heat. It looks useful because fire does not eat it. Though actually that is why the old Greek name meant something like “you cannot put this out.” The danger is the other side of the same material: it breaks into tiny fibres you cannot see. If those fibres get into the lungs, they can make people very ill years later, including with cancer. Most countries stopped putting it into new buildings, and taking it out of old ones is specialist, careful work. The word still turns up in news about old schools, factories, and home repairs. It is this mineral, not a plant.
組成From Old French abestos, from Latin asbestos, from Greek asbestos, “unquenchable”: a- “not” plus a piece related to quenching, putting a fire out.
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Asbestosname
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Former name of Val des Sources: a town in Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
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Former name of Les Sources: a regional county municipality of Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada.
asbestosnoun/æsˈbɛs.tɒs/
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chemistrygeographygeologyAny of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.
- All types of asbestos are potentially carcinogenic when inhaled.
- Asbestos insulation was once ubiquitous.
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chemistrygeographygeologyAny of asbestos-like forms of several minerals, asbestiforms
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The supposed material composing part of the body that is impervious to heat, or by extension other unpleasant sensations; especially hot or spicy food.
- She sipped the coffee; she always did have asbestos lips.
- They were exceptionally good and were accompanied by a chili sauce that had to be eaten with great caution unless you had an asbestos tongue but was nonetheless delicious.
asbestosverb/æsˈbɛs.tɒs/
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To coat or line with asbestos.
- “Be sure you have plenty of kindling before you begin. They are rather non-inflammable and well asbestosed, so to speak.”
- The latter department will be asbestosed without according to the idea of Professor Swain, whose deductions are that you should wear an overcoat in summer for the reason that what will keep out the cold will keep out the heat.
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To expose to asbestos; to cause to suffer asbestosis.
- Lungs asbestosed / unable to breath^([sic]) / and so incapable / of producing for profit / sent away without delay / so a fresh lunged / could occupy / the vacant place.
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To insulate or buffer.
- Is Malcolm J. Miller’s South Carolina Sinking Fund partly immune, partly asbestosed, or what?
- Whatever air’s asbestosing the prayers / Of this sparse April parlour must splutter / To dust until it dismantles itself.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- Asbest
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。