gutta-percha
noun /ˌɡʌtə ˈpɜːtʃə/
/ˌɡʌtə ˈpɜːrtʃə/
[uncountable]- a natural substance that can be shaped when it is heated and is hard when cool, produced by certain Malaysian trees
古塔胶(gutta-percha):一种天然物质,加热后会成形,冷时则坚硬,由某些马来西亚树木产生。 词源mid 19th cent.: from Malay getah perca, from getah ‘gum’ + perca ‘strips of cloth’ (which it resembles), altered by association with obsolete gutta ‘gum’, from Latin gutta ‘a drop’.