silicone

silicone
[ˈsɪlɪkəʊn]
noun
  1. any of a class of synthetic materials which are polymers with a chemical structure based on chains of alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, with organic groups attached to the silicon atoms. Such compounds are typically resistant to chemical attack and insensitive to temperature changes and are used to make rubber and plastics and in polishes and lubricants
    硅酮,硅氧烷,聚硅氧烷
  2. Silicone polymers, developed in the 1940s, are resistant to chemical attack and relatively insensitive to temperature changes; they are used extensively in polishes, paints, lubricants, rubber, and other materials
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be siliconed)join or otherwise treat (something) with a silicone
    使与硅结合,用硅处理
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