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One way to picture carbon: the element that shows up as coal, as diamond, and inside every living thing — the same C in all of them. The office senses come from one particular use of it: a sheet coated with carbon black, which transferred your writing onto the page underneath.

可以想成 carbon 是那個元素：煤是它、鑽石是它，所有生物體內也都是它——同一個 C。辦公室裡的那兩個意思則來自…更多收起可以想成 carbon 是那個元素：煤是它、鑽石是它，所有生物體內也都是它——同一個 C。辦公室裡的那兩個意思則來自它的一種特定用途：塗了碳粉的薄紙，能把你寫的字複印到下面那張上。

From the picture

複寫紙與複寫本

從那個元素的一種用途長出來：紙上塗的那層碳粉會被筆壓下去，於是下面那張就多出一份一模一樣的字。

carbon paper · noun · B2

Thin paper with a dark coating on one side, used to make a copy while you write.

複寫紙

Also in this word

chemical element · noun · B2

A common chemical element (symbol C) found in coal, diamonds, and all living things.

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原始詞典資料18 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。

Carbonname

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    A place name:

  • 3

    A place name:

  • 4

    A place name:

  • 5

    A place name:

  • 6

    A place name:

carbonnoun/ˈkɑɹ.bən/

  • 1

    The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.

    • All life as we know it has carbon as the backbone of many of its molecules; carbon’s tetravalence gives it special importance in biochemical molecular bonds.
    • Carbon is the most common element in our bodies—indeed, in all living things on earth.
  • 2

    An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.

    • A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.
  • 3

    informalA sheet of carbon paper.

    • He stepped back and opened his bag and took out a printed pad of D.O.A. forms and began to write over a carbon.
  • 4

    informalA carbon copy.

    • Please provide me with a carbon of your form.
    • Press firmly: you are making a carbon.
  • 5

    A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.

  • 6

    Soot.

    • Every morning she cleaned the carbon from the lamp chimneys.
  • 7

    Soot.

    • When you overhaul an engine, you need to remove the carbon from around the valve seats. The carbon buildup can be extensive.
  • 8

    A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.

    • To trim an arc lamp, first remove the old carbons and carefully and thoroughly wipe the carbon rods, holders, &c. with a clean, dry rag.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.

carbonverb/ˈkɑɹ.bən/

  • 1

    To send a carbon copy of an email message to.

    • When I send it, I’ll carbon Julia so she’s aware.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。