dammar

dammar — noun

1. A sticky substance that is taken from certain trees in Southeast Asia. When it d

1.名詞C1
釋義

A sticky substance that is taken from certain trees in Southeast Asia. When it dries it becomes hard, and people use it to make varnish for paintings, printing ink, and in laboratories to prepare samples for microscopes.

例句

Artists in Jakarta mix dammar with oil to make a shiny varnish for paintings.

dammar + with [substance] to make [product]

The museum's team used a varnish made from dammar to protect old wooden sculptures.

varnish made from dammar

同義詞
  • copal

    another natural tree resin, often harder and older than dammar

  • resin

    general term for sticky plant substances; dammar is a specific type of resin

文法句型

dammar + noun (e.g. dammar varnish)

made of / from dammar

用法筆記

Uncountable noun. Often used before another noun (e.g. 'dammar varnish', 'dammar resin'). The word is most common in art conservation, printing, and scientific microscopy.

常見錯誤

❌The museum displays ancient dammar jewellery.
✅The museum displays ancient amber jewellery.
💡Dammar is a modern tree resin, not fossilised like amber.