| 单词 | metal-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈmetal-like ˈmetal-like adj. that has a metallic appearance; that has chemical properties similar to those of a metal. ΚΠ 1852 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 4 Sept. 574/2 A franc..stern and austere-looking,..very different from the smug garishness of the Philippine coins, and the flashy, metal-like glitter of the second republic. 1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 129 The word [marcasite]..was especially applied to minerals which showed bright, metal-like lustre. 1913 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 88 41 When cold the metal-like product resembled aluminium in colour but was quite crystalline in structure throughout. 1948 Acta Crystallogr. 1 180/1 A large number of metals form metal-like phases with hydrogen, boron, carbon, nitrogen, and occasionally oxygen. 1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xi. 403 Metals and metal-like hydrides are similarly electron-deficient. 1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth iii. 61/2 A more extreme theory suggested that the core was hydrogen, but in a metal-like form. < as lemmas |
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