Velcro
n.
維可牢尼龍搭扣（商標名稱）
Velcro
[5velkrEJ]
n.
維可牢尼龍搭扣（商標名稱）
Velcro
AHD:[v?l?kr?]
D.J.:[6velkrou]
K.K.:[6vWlkro]
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A trademark used for a fastening tape consisting of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks that fasten to a corresponding strip with a surface of uncut pile, used especially on cloth products, such as outerwear, luggage, and athletic shoes. This trademark sometimes occurs in print in lowercase: ?dart boards with velcro balls for darts? (American Banker). It also occurs as a verb: ?We might Velcro the camera to the window, to steady it? (Washington Post). The trademark occurs in figurative contexts as well:
維可牢壹種尼龍刺粘搭鏈的商標，該搭鏈由壹條表面有細小鉤子的尼龍條與表面有毛圈的對應的尼龍條粘合面構成，尤指用於布制品上，如外套、箱包以及田徑鞋等。該商標有時用小寫母排印： “在擲鏢遊戲中用的帶維可牢球的靶”（美國銀行家）。它也以動詞的形式出現： “我們可以把照相機用維可牢粘在窗上，使其固定下來”（華盛頓郵報）。該商標也同樣出現在象征性的語境中：
Many colleges and universities have adopted a Velcro approach to curriculum design: sticking additional requirements on a base of distribution requirements?(New York Times“許多學院和大學已采用了壹種設置課程的維可牢方法：在分類要求的上插入附加的要求”(紐約時報
In the early stages of a romance?the Velcro period?intimacy is rarely an issue?)(Chicago Tribune)“在浪漫文學的早期階段——維可牢時期——極少描述親昵的行為”)(芝加哥論壇報)