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• vulcanise (non-Oxford British spelling)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvʌl.kə.naɪz/

動詞

vulcanize (三人称単数 現在形 vulcanizes, 現在分詞 vulcanizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 vulcanized)

1. (transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable.
2. (intransitive) To undergo such treatment.
   • 1976, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 404:

     These vulcanized hearts, they only become more resistant when you ask for mercy.

   • 2012, Theodore Rochow, Resinography:

     Natural rubber […] vulcanizes readily at the double bonds to give a strong cross-linked structure.

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