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Spack·le AHD[spăkʹəl] D.J.[ˈspækəl]K.K.[ˈspækəl]NONE(无词性)- A trademark used for a powder to be mixed with water or a ready-to-use plastic paste designed to fill cracks and holes in plaster before painting or papering. This trademark often occurs in lowercase in print:"In the Sierra . . . the snow generally is the consistency of spackle" (San Francisco Chronicle). It also occurs as a verb in various contexts: "Two young men quietly spackled and whitewashed the walls . . . for an exhibition" (New York Times). "Support compensates, underpins, retrofits, translates, spackles, patches and reinforces" (Computerworld). The trademark has also generated a derivative noun: 斯百克填料:一种涂料粉的商标,用水或即用石膏泥与粉末合成,用以在作画或裱纸前填补石膏上的裂缝或洞眼。该商标印刷时通常以小写字母排印:“在塞拉…雪花通常都是斯百克填料组成的” (旧金山年鉴)。该词同时也在各种文本中以动词出现: “两个年轻人静静地抹墙并把墙刷白…为了展览” (纽约时报)。 “支持可以补偿、巩固、翻新、转化、填补、修补和加强” (计算机世界)。此商标还派生出一名词: "Some professional spacklers can do this with a 5-inch knife"(Newsday)“一些职业的涂抹工能用一把5英寸长的小刀做到这些”(新闻日报)
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