acetate

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ac·e·tate /ˈæsɪteɪt/ noun  1. HC[uncountable] a chemical made from acetic acid 乙酸盐，乙酸酯2. TIM[uncountable] a smooth artificial cloth used to make clothes 醋酸纤维，醋酯纤维3. [countable] a transparent sheet that you write or print something on, and that is used with an overhead projector 乙酸纤维薄片，投影片

Examples from the Corpus

acetate• Place tissue paper between acetate sheets for storage, to prevent scratching.• Support media that may be used for electrophoretic separations include agar gel, starch gel, cellulose acetate, and acrylamide.• Rhône-Poulenc and Eastman Chemical have formed a 50-50 joint venture, Primester, to manufacture cellulose acetate.• I kept the most valuable cards in acetate sleeves.• Is the method of offering a pen-drawn circle on a sheet of acetate to a map satisfactory?Origin acetate (1800-1900) acet-; ACETAMINOPHEN

ac·e·tate nounChineseSyllable  

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acetate
ac‧e‧tate /ˈæsəteɪt, ˈæsɪteɪt/ noun1. [uncountable] a chemical made from acetic acid
2. [uncountable] a smooth artificial cloth used to make clothes
3. [countable] a transparent sheet that you write or print something on, and that is used with an overhead projector

acet·ateBrE /ˈæsɪteɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæsɪteɪt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a chemical made from acetic acid, used in making plastics, etc. 醋酸盐；醋酸酯 [uncountable] a chemical used to make fibres which are used to make clothes, etc. 醋酸纤维素 [countable] a transparent plastic sheet that you can write or print sth on and show on a screen using an overhead projector 醋酸透明塑胶片；投影胶片