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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- putty ['p^tɪ]
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1.
n
a stiff paste made of whiting and linseed oil that is used to fix glass panes into frames and to fill cracks or holes in woodwork, etc
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2.
n
any substance with a similar consistency, function, or appearance
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3.
n
a mixture of lime and water with sand or plaster of Paris used on plaster as a finishing coat
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4.
n
(as modifier)
- a putty knife
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5.
n
See putty powder
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6.
n
a person who is easily influenced or persuaded
- he's putty in her hands
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7.
n
a colour varying from a greyish-yellow to a greyish-brown or brownish-grey
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8.
n
(as adjective)
- putty-coloured
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to fix, fill, or coat with putty
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10.
vt.
[Etymology]
C17: from French potée a potful
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1.
n
a stiff paste made of whiting and linseed oil that is used to fix glass panes into frames and to fill cracks or holes in woodwork, etc
Examples
- tough putty
- 很粘的油灰 → tough
- putty that works easily
- 这油灰很容易揉 → work
- a putty knife → putty
- he's putty in her hands → putty
- putty-coloured → putty
- 把窗玻璃用油灰泥上
- fix a windowpane with putty → 泥
- 他想自己装修新房, 自己抹腻子、自己刷墙。
- He wants to decorate the house, apply putty and paint the walls all by himself. → 腻子
- 你应该有自己的想法, 不要总是对他唯命是听。
- You should have your own ideas, stop acting like putty in his hand. → 唯命是听
- 我们都不喜欢对领导惟命是从的人。
- We all loathe people who are like putty in the leaders' hand. → 惟命是从
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