- bakelite (n.)
[bakelite 词源字典]
- type of plastic widely used early 20c., 1909, from German Bakelit, named for Belgian-born U.S. physicist Leo Baekeland (1863-1944), who invented it. Originally a proprietary name, it is formed by the condensation of a phenol with an aldehyde.[bakelite etymology, bakelite origin, 英语词源]