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aerosol

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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aer·o·sol /ˈeərəsɒl $ ˈerəsɑːl/ noun [countable]  TDa small metal container with liquid inside. You press a button on the container to make the liquid come out in very small drops. 小型喷雾器,雾化器 spray
Examples from the Corpus
aerosolThe rain had a fine and penetrating quality about it that reminded him of the oil you squirt from an aerosol can.Had these people got bored with making cars and stereos and aerosols? were they going to start making history?She didn't know whether or not he was sniffing but when I searched his room I found empty aerosols.History 2, greenhouse plus aerosol forcing.He'd choked on his own vomit after a session of sniffing aerosols.The aerosol device is unlikely to have been the cause.The aerosol in a bottle of hair spray can induce a fast, powerful high.I need hairspray, but I don't like hair that looks stiff and I don't like to use aerosols.
Origin aerosol (1900-2000) aero- + sol solution ((19-21 centuries)) (from solution)
aer·o·sol nounChineseSyllable
small a liquid inside. metal with Corpus container


aerosol
aerosol /ˈeərəsɒl $ ˈerəsɑːl/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: aero- + sol 'solution' (19-21 centuries) (from solution)
a small metal container with liquid inside. You press a button on the container to make the liquid come out in very small drops. ⇨ spray


aero·solBrE /ˈeərəsɒl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈerəsɔːl/ 🔊, /ˈerəsɑːl/ 🔊 noun
a metal container in which a liquid such as paint or hairspray is kept under pressure and released as a spray (喷油漆、头发定型剂等的)喷雾器,雾化器ozone-friendly aerosols不损害臭氧层的气雾剂an aerosol can/spray 喷雾罐;气雾喷雾器