单词	nickel
释义	nickelnick‧el /ˈnɪkəl/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINnickel Origin: 1700-1800 German kupfernickel substance containing nickel, from kupfer ‘copper’ + nickel ‘spirit that plays tricks’; because the substance contains no copper, even though it looks like copper Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Eight nickel cadmium batteries are grouped together inside the handle pack. Louis, the nickel was the smallest coin. Low-grade copper and nickel sulphides developed at or near the contacts. Renwick, weighed down with nickels and dimes, began his calls. Shares of metal producers also fell as prices of nickel, copper and aluminum futures declined on the London Metal Exchange. The 11 metals concerned include copper, zinc, lead, nickel, cadmium and mercury. The 50-mile range is expected to double within the next year with the introduction of nickel hydride battery technology, Chapman said. word sets WORD SETS► Currencies bob, nounbureau de change, nouncent, nouncentime, nounchange, verbC-note, nouncoin, verbcoinage, nounconvertible, adjectivecrown, nouncurrency, nouncurrency peg, nound., decimalization, noundenomination, nounDeutschmark, noundevalue, verbdime, noundinar, noundollar, noundoubloon, noundough, noundrachma, nounducat, nounexchange rate, nounfarthing, nounfifty, numberfirm, adjectivefiver, nounfive-spot, nounfloat, verbforeign exchange, nounFr, franc, noungold, noungold card, noungroat, nounguilder, nounguinea, nounhalf crown, nounhalf dollar, nounhalfpenny, nounha'penny, nounhard currency, nounkrona, nounkrone, nounKrugerrand, nounlegal tender, nounlira, nounmark, nounmill, nounmint, nounmint, verbmoney, nounmoney supply, nounnickel, nounnote, nounp., paper money, nounparity, nounpence, nounpennies, penny, nounpennyworth, nounpetrodollars, nounpiece, nounquarter, nounquid, nounrand, nounrate of exchange, nounrevalue, verbriyal, nounrouble, nounruble, nounrupee, nounsawbuck, nounshekel, nounshilling, nounsilver, nounsilver dollar, nounsingle, nounsingle currency, nounsixpence, nounsoft currency, nounsovereign, nounsterling, nounstrong, adjectivetenner, nounthreepence, nounthreepenny bit, nountraveller's cheque, nountuppence, nountuppeny, adjectivetwopenny, adjectiveweaken, verbyen, nounyuan, noun 1[uncountable] a hard silver-white metal that is often combined with other metals, for example to make steel. It is a chemical element: symbol Ni2[countable] a coin in the US or Canada that is worth five cents
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