| 单词 | yellow metal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow metal yellow metal n. (a) (often with the) gold; (b) any of various yellow-coloured non-ferrous alloys; spec. an alloy of copper and zinc used for sheathing the hulls of ships (cf. Muntz metal n.) (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other alloys of copper and zinc yellow metala1535 white brass1538 tombac1606 Prince's metal1682 Bath-metal1714 pinchbeck1734 Prince Rupert's metal1789 platina1790 oroide1869 Zamak1926 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. v. sig. D.iii An heape of siluer or golde, white and yelowe mettal not so profitable of theyr owne nature (saue for a litle glistering) as the rude rusty mettall of yron. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ii. 422/2 Vpon seizure of whose estate, this Prelate was found so well lined in purse, that the heapes of yellow mettall did moue admiration to the beholders. 1648 in W. M. Williams Ann. Worshipful Company Founders (1867) 103 Wayghtes of Brass..shall not..be..made of any worse Brass than Yellow Metell. 1794 Uniform for Navy of United States in G. Washington Papers (2011) Presidential Ser. XVI. 428 The Buttons to be of yellow metal and to have the Foul Anchor on the same. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 284 A ship fastened with yellow metal ought not to be put under the head of ‘copper fastened’. 1936 Pop. Mech. May 676/2 More than 30,000,000 ounces of the yellow metal were dug,..worth more than a billion at the current valuation of the dollar. 1985 Times 9 July 19/8 There is also the possibility of some small acquisitions in the yellow metal (non ferrous) area. 2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) iv. 149 Wood planking over iron frames could be coppered in the traditional way (sheathed with yellow metal) to prevent fouling but still offer some of the virtues of iron. < as lemmas |
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