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词汇 alum
释义 alum
noun[ U ]
 chemistry specializeduk /ˈæl.əm/ us /ˈæl.əm/

alumnoun[U] (chemistry)


a chemical substance containing aluminium used in dyeing (= changing the colour of something) and as an astringent (= substance that causes skin to tighten)明矾,矾(含铝的化学物质,作为染色剂或收敛剂)
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Chemicals, chemical compounds & gases
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acetone
acrolein
acrylamide
activated charcoal
adenine
agglomerate
ethyl alcohol
H2O
HCFC
HFC
hyaluronic acid
hydrochloric acid
hydrochlorofluorocarbon
laughing gas
limescale
metho
meths
oxyacetylene
tartaric acid
alum
noun[ C ]
USinformaluk /əˈlʌm/ us /əˈlʌm/

alumnoun[C] (past member)


short foralumnus: someone who studied at a particular school, college, or university:
Paul, although an Englishman, is an Arizona State alum.
The interviewer asks a few questions, including whether the applicant is the child of an alum.
short foralumnus: someone who worked for a particular organization, was involved in a particular TV show, etc., earlier in their working life:
Her comedian husband, like her, is a "Saturday Night Live" alum.
He's an alum of the Chicago Theater Company.
He started his own company with a fellow Stanford alum.
The school counts on successful alums to contribute both money and expertise.
The "Sopranos" alum plays Nick, a factory worker living in the Bronx.
She co-wrote the screenplay with another "Frasier" writer alum.
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Students & pupils
-grader
alumna
alumnae
alumni
alumnus
attrition
entrant
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homeschooler
house officer
houseman
infant
internship
pupil
school-leaver
schoolboy
schoolchild
schoolgirl
schoolmate
theologian

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Examples from literature

It is much improved by adding a little pounded alum, while it is boiling. 
Let it remain over night till all the alum is dissolved. 
Salt and water is used by many as a gargle, but a little alum and honey dissolved in sage tea is better. 
The most common dressing consists of equal parts of rock salt and alum dissolved in water. 
To fix the colour alum is added in the boiling. 

Examples of alum


alum
The alum reacts with moisture in the air to break down the cellulose woodfibresthat give paper its structural strength.
Tissue used for light microscopy was mounted on gelatin-chrome alum-coated slides, cleared, coverslipped, and examined under a light microscope.
These sections are well exposed with three to four levels of stinkstone within a homogeneous succession of alum shale.
The sizerman gathered this paper and immersed it in an emulsion of hides, hoofs, tripe, and alum.
External walls of two glass skins contained, between them, a supersaturated solution of alum designed to harness phase change energy to maintain a constant internal climate.
A booster dose actually consists of half a cubic centimetre of alum precipitated toxoid or one cubic centimetre of toxoid antitoxin floccules.
From the
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The present laws on adulteration came from a cruder age when the treacherous trader mixed alum with his flour and sand with his brown sugar.
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An ordnance survey of my division shows old alum mines there.
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An adjoining property was being demolished by the corporation in connection with their alum clearance scheme.
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Some common astringent agents include alum, acacia, sage, yarrow, witch hazel, bayberry, distilled vinegar, very cold water, and rubbing alcohol.
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A more gentle treatment calls for 5-10 tablespoons of alum to 1 gallon of water for 23 days.
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He received his undergraduate degree in communication while graduating with honors in 1991, and is listed as one of the soccer program's top 25 alums.
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Early papermakers did not realize that the alum they added liberally to cure almost every problem encountered in making their product would eventually be detrimental.
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O yields after 30 subsequent steps pure rubidium alum.
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The route was used mainly to haul chemicals such as coal, powdered alum, chlorine, ammonia, and sand.
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