pasteboard
/peyst-bawrd, -bohrd/US // ˈpeɪstˈbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd //UK // (ˈpeɪstˌbɔːd) //
粘贴板,粘贴纸,浆糊板,浆纸
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a stiff, firm board made of sheets of paper pasted or layers of paper pulp pressed together.
- : Older Slang. a card, as a visiting card or a playing card.
- : Older Slang. a ticket, as for the theater.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : made of pasteboard.
- : unsubstantial, flimsy, or sham.
Examples
We adjourned to a nearby restaurant, the Raw Bar Blu, and commandeered a table under the low pasteboard ceiling.
Mrs. Newbolt was cutting splints for her new sun-bonnet out of a pasteboard box.
One of Yung Pak's favourite toys was a wooden jumping-jack with a pasteboard tongue.
She has about as much intention of eloping with him as a little girl might have of eloping with a pasteboard Jim Crow.
It is a Chinese custom to use, instead of pillows, little stools of bamboo or strong pasteboard.
I take the pasteboard, return it to my case, and walk slowly out of the reception-room.
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