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Japan 音标拼音: [dʒəp'æn] n. 日本 日本 Japan n 1: a string of more than 3, 000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1, 300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean [ synonym: { Japan}, { Japanese Islands}, { Japanese Archipelago}] 2: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [ synonym: { Japan}, { Nippon}, { Nihon}] 3: lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer 4: lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient v 1: coat with a lacquer, as done in JapanJapan \ Ja* pan"\ ( j[. a]* p[ a^] n"), n. [ From Japan, the country.] Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning. [ 1913 Webster]
Japan \ Ja* pan"\, a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. [ 1913 Webster] { Japan allspice} ( Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan ({ Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina allspice. { Japan black} ( Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; -- called also { Brunswick black}, { Japan lacquer}, or simply { Japan}. { Japan camphor}, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called { borneol} or { Borneo camphor}. { Japan clover}, or { Japan pea} ( Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({ Lespedeza striata}) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously { Yankee clover} and { Rebel clover}. { Japan earth}. See { Catechu}. { Japan ink}, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. { Japan varnish}, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the { Rhus vernix}, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac. [ 1913 Webster]
Japan \ Ja* pan"\ ( j[. a]* p[ a^] n"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Japanned} ( j[. a]* p[ a^] nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. { Japanning}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [ R.] -- Gay. [ 1913 Webster]
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