mercerize

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes. transitive

词形变化

mercerizes present,singular,third-person mercerizing participle,present mercerized participle,past mercerized past mercerise alternative

词源

From Mercer + -ize, named after John Mercer of Great Harwood, Lancashire, who invented the process in the mid-19th century.
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