1860, coined by English inventor Frederick Walton (1837-1928), from Latin linum "flax, linen" (see linen) + oleum "oil" (see oil (n.)). Originally, a preparation of solidified linseed oil used to coat canvas for making floor coverings; the word was applied to the flooring material itself after 1878. The Linoleum Manufacturing Company was formed 1864.
雙語例句
1. The cabins had linoleum tile floors.
船艙地上鋪著油氈。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Who will lay the linoleum?
誰將鋪設(shè)地板油氈?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. They mislaid the linoleum.
他們把油氈放錯(cuò)了地方。
來自辭典例句
4. Reception's custom desk is clad linoleum and topped in Corian.
接待區(qū)內(nèi)的定制桌由油地氈飾面,其頂面為可麗耐材料.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Do not use on linoleum, cloth, Plexiglas, plastics, asphalt floors and similar.