vinyl

vinyl
[vʌɪn(ə)l]
noun
  1. [mass noun]synthetic resin or plastic consisting of polyvinyl chloride or a related polymer, used especially for wallpapers and other covering materials and formerly as the standard material for gramophone records before the introduction of compact discs
    聚乙烯树脂(或塑料)(常作墙纸等)
    [count noun]light-reflecting vinyls can be hung in the usual way.
    反光聚乙烯墙纸可以按通常方法贴。
    ■vinyl used as the standard material for gramophone records
    (用作制作唱片标准材料的)聚乙烯;唱片
    fans had to wait almost a year before the song eventually appeared on vinyl.
    歌迷们等待了差不多一年,这首歌才出现在唱片上。
  2. [as modifier](Chemistry)of or denoting the unsaturated hydrocarbon radical —CH=CH2, derived from ethylene by removal of a hydrogen atom
    (化)乙烯基
    a vinyl group.
    乙烯基。
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from Latin vinum 'wine' + -yl
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