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单词 mixed metal
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mixed metaln.

Brit. /ˌmɪks(t) ˈmɛtl/, U.S. /ˌmɪks(t) ˈmɛd(ə)l/
Forms: see mixed adj.2 and metal n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mixed adj.2, metal n.
Etymology: < mixed adj.2 + metal n.
Now rare.
An alloy.Sometimes used spec. of particular alloys, such as misch metal (see quots. 1922 and 1923).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun]
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metal1541
loy1598
mixed metal1617
alloy1689
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intermetallic1956
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 154 A statua of a woman, made of mixt metal (richer then brasse, vulgarly called di Bronzo).
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xiv. 28 Another [coin] call'd Compositum, which is a mixt Metal, and will both touch and cut, but will not indure the fiery test.
1683 E. Ravenscroft Prol. Dame Dobson Epil. 2 They'r like a sort of Half Crowns we call Swimmers. Broad to the Eye, but though the Stamp seems fair Weigh 'em they're light, and damn'd mixt Metal are.
1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 230 A blue kind of mixed metal, not unlike varnished steel.
1776 W. Mason Ode to Mr. Pinchbeck For thy sake Of Pinchbeck's own mixt-metal make A huge Extinguisher.
1845 New Englander Oct. 547/1 A coin..of the same value—not copper, nor silver..but of some suitable mixed metal which would permit it to be not larger than a dime.
1889 G. Grove Dict. Music IV. 181 The modern orchestral or slide Trumpet..is made of brass, mixed metal, or silver.
1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxiv. 668 An alloy of cerium-metals with iron is..used under the name of Mixed-metal in cigarette lighters.
1923 B. S. Hopkins Chem. Rarer Elem. x. 168 The most important of these [cerium alloys] is the alloy called misch metal, mixed metal, commercial cerium, or simply ‘cerium’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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