gypsum

/jip-suhm/US // ˈdʒɪp səm //UK // (ˈdʒɪpsəm) //

石膏,滑石粉,滑石粉的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a very common mineral, hydrated calcium sulfate, CaSO4⋅2H2O, occurring in crystals and in masses, soft enough to be scratched by the fingernail: used to make plaster of Paris, as an ornamental material, as a fertilizer, etc.

as inplaster

Synonyms

Hae Won Sohn uses gypsum cement to construct small abstract sculptures that resemble rock and bone.
Workers dumped 11,000 tons of gypsum minerals into riverbeds filled with dangerously alkaline sludge to keep it from burning organisms.
Fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture.
The sand dunes were relentlessly mined in the past century; power lines and a gypsum plant split the park.
It is sometimes mixed with lime or gypsum, and dried with heat, and sometimes with animal charcoal or peat charcoal.
"There is an extensive underlying layer of gypsum, here," he said.
At the top there is a small aperture, which is hermetically closed with gypsum.
The difficulty of boiling them soft arises from an excess of gypsum imbibed during their growth.
The gypsum reposing on the mud is composed of plates in such close juxtaposition as to resemble an artificial pavement.

/jip-suhm/US // ˈdʒɪp səm //UK // (ˈdʒɪpsəm) //

石膏,滑石粉,滑石粉的

n.名词 noun

1
- : a very common mineral, hydrated calcium sulfate, CaSO4⋅2H2O, occurring in crystals and in masses, soft enough to be scratched by the fingernail: used to make plaster of Paris, as an ornamental material, as a fertilizer, etc.

as inplaster

Synonyms

Hae Won Sohn uses gypsum cement to construct small abstract sculptures that resemble rock and bone.
Workers dumped 11,000 tons of gypsum minerals into riverbeds filled with dangerously alkaline sludge to keep it from burning organisms.
Fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture.
The sand dunes were relentlessly mined in the past century; power lines and a gypsum plant split the park.
It is sometimes mixed with lime or gypsum, and dried with heat, and sometimes with animal charcoal or peat charcoal.
"There is an extensive underlying layer of gypsum, here," he said.
At the top there is a small aperture, which is hermetically closed with gypsum.
The difficulty of boiling them soft arises from an excess of gypsum imbibed during their growth.
The gypsum reposing on the mud is composed of plates in such close juxtaposition as to resemble an artificial pavement.