单词 | metally |
释义 | metallyadj. 1. Metallic, metalline. Now chiefly colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > water > [adjective] > containing metal or iron metallya1398 metalline1626 chalybeate1634 ferrugineous1671 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective] metallya1398 metallic?a1425 metalline?c1425 metalish1530 metallical1587 metallar1612 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 76 Metalli watir [L. aqua metallina] folwiþ þe doynge & fynde of metall. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 61 Certaine metallye thynges as requyre to be destilled with a greate and continuall fyre. 1898 G. Meredith Empty Purse in Poems II. 202 I can hear a faint crow Of the cock..As down the new shafting of mines, A cry of the metally gnome. 1991 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 6 The family drank tap water on the day it was contaminated. Mrs Hilliard..said it ‘tasted metally and was thick in texture’. ΚΠ 1881 Borings & Sinkings (N. Eng. Inst. Mining & Mech. Engineers) 160 Grey and brown mettally stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † metallyadv. Obsolete. rare. With a metallic sound or ring. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adverb] > metallically metally1661 1661 Sir A. Haslerig's Last Will & Test. 3 A Fift-Monarchy-Man I was cordially, whose Spirits now when I am dying sound in mine ears mettally stirring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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