vinyl
/ˈvaɪnɪl/noun
1
- mass noun synthetic resin or plastic consisting of polyvinyl chloride or a related polymer, used especially for wallpapers and other covering materials and formerly as the standard material for gramophone records before the introduction of compact discs聚乙烯树脂（或塑料）（常作墙纸等）：
count noun light-reflecting vinyls can be hung in the usual way.反光聚乙烯墙纸可以按通常方法贴。
1.1
- vinyl used as the standard material for gramophone records（用作制作唱片标准材料的）聚乙烯; 唱片：
fans had to wait almost a year before the song eventually appeared on vinyl.
歌迷们等待了差不多一年, 这首歌才出现在唱片上。
2
- （亦读/ˈvaɪnaɪl/）[as modifier] Chemistry of or denoting the unsaturated hydrocarbon radical -CH=CH2, derived from ethylene by removal of a hydrogen atom【化】乙烯基：
a vinyl group.
乙烯基。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin vinum 'wine' + -YL.