To make rubber stronger by heating it with sulphur. It is a verb, and it is almost always done to rubber — you vulcanize rubber, and the rubber is then 'vulcanized'.

To make rubber stronger讓橡膠變得更堅固 by heating it with sulphur用硫磺加熱它 It is a verb這是一個動詞 and it is almost always done to rubber而且幾乎都是對橡膠做的 you vulcanize rubber你vulcanize橡膠 and the rubber is then 'vulcanized'橡膠就變成了『vulcanized』

You will in fact meet the past participle far more often than the plain verb: 'vulcanized rubber' is the everyday phrase, printed on products and in textbooks. Before this treatment, rubber melts in the heat and cracks in the cold; after it, the material keeps its shape and springs back.

You will in fact meet the past participle far more often than the plain verb事實上你遇到過去分詞的機會遠比原形動詞多 'vulcanized rubber' is the everyday phrase『vulcanized rubber』是日常會出現的說法 printed on products and in textbooks印在產品上和課本裡 Before this treatment在這道處理之前 rubber melts in the heat and cracks in the cold橡膠遇熱會融化、遇冷會裂開 after it處理之後 the material keeps its shape and springs back這個材料能保持形狀,還能彈回來

Tyre shops also use the word for repairing: to 'vulcanize' a patch onto a tyre means to bond it on with heat rather than just glue it. This is workshop and science language, not conversation. British spelling is 'vulcanise'.

Tyre shops also use the word for repairing輪胎行也把這個字用在修理上 to 'vulcanize' a patch onto a tyre把一塊補丁『vulcanize』到輪胎上 means to bond it on with heat意思是用熱把它黏牢 rather than just glue it而不只是用膠水貼上去 This is workshop and science language這是修車廠和科學用語 not conversation不是日常對話 British spelling is 'vulcanise'英式拼法是『vulcanise』