[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。
[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。