yà​rǎn

pad dyeing

  • created sense approved 轧染/軋染 · yà​rǎn · pad dyeing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    轧染 / 軋染

    yà​rǎn

    pad dyeing

    a process for dyeing cotton or other fabrics by passing them through a dye bath and then between heavy rollers to press the liquid evenly into the cloth while removing the excess

    轧 (literal) → 轧/軋 · yà · to run over 染 (literal) → 染 · rǎn · to dye

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense