vinyl

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Related topics: Industry, Recording

vi·nyl /ˈvaɪnəl/ noun [uncountableU]

1. TIa type of strong plastic 乙烯基(塑料)

2. TCRrecords that are played on a record player – used especially when comparing them to CDs 黑胶唱片

Examples from the Corpus

vinyl• a vinyl chair• a vinyl tablecloth• Other types of blown vinyl are made in similar ways, and may include metallic-type paper surfaces with a slightly reflective sheen.• The grey vinyl floor gave way to carpet tiles.• His favorite material is patent leather; vinyl he considers too thin.• Other uses include removing Artex, lifting vinyl floor tiles, killing weeds and sterilising soil, etc.• But you might be able to put the new vinyl over the old.• The old vinyl record might be there, but the memories are all living there in the people.• The wound patched over with timber-textured vinyl.• This vinyl skin is wrinkling like a sheet material.

Origin vinyl

(1800-1900) Latin vinum; → WINE1

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Corpus

BNC: 12616 COCA: 9685

vinyl

Types of plastic: Bakelite, Formica, melamine...