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包装,填垫材料,封函,行李
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pack \Pack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Packing}.] [Akin to D. pakken, G. packen, Dan. pakke, Sw.
packa, Icel. pakka. See {Pack}, n.]
1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a
pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack;
to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack
goods in a box; to pack fish.
Strange materials packed up with wonderful art.
--Addison.
Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are
packed. --Shak.
2. To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and
securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or
to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to
crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the
audience, packs the theater.
3. To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure
the game unfairly.
Packing \Pack"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of one who packs.
2. Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close.
Specifically (Mach.): A substance or piece used to make a
joint impervious; as:
(a) A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic
material inserted between the surfaces of a flange
joint.
(b) The substance in a stuffing box, through which a
piston rod slides.
(c) A yielding ring, as of metal, which surrounds a piston
and maintains a tight fit, as inside a cylinder, etc.
3. (Masonry) Same as {Filling}. [Rare in the U. S.]
4. A trick; collusion. [Obs.] --Bale.
{Cherd packing} (Bridge Building), the arrangement, side by
side, of several parts, as bars, diagonals, a post, etc.,
on a pin at the bottom of a chord. --Waddell.
{Packing box}, a stuffing box. See under {Stuffing}.
{Packing press}, a powerful press for baling cotton, wool,
hay, etc.
{Packing ring}. See {Packing}, 2
(c), and Illust. of {Piston}.
{Packing sheet}.
(a) A large cloth for packing goods.
(b) A sheet prepared for packing hydropathic patients.
资料来源 : WordNet®
packing
n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn: {packing
material}, {wadding}]
2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn: {boxing}]
3: carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking
of oxygen is essential for astronauts" [syn: {backpacking}]