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单词
pewter
释义
pewter
pew‧ter
/
ˈpjuːtə
$
-ər
/
noun
[uncountable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
pewter
Origin:
1300-1400
Old French
peutre
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
a
pewter
mug
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
A champagne theme is suggested and repeated in the elaborate
pewter
railing that edges the second-floor balcony overlooking the bar.
He was clutching a
pewter
tankard with a glass bottom.
It was used as a cheap substitute for
pewter
and as a base for electroplate finishes.
Itinerant peddlers positioned themselves along the roadside to hawk their
pewter
, copper, and tin.
On the corrugated
pewter
there floated two boats.
Others had ornate
pewter
stoppers or were nestled in velvet-lined boxes.
Oval
pewter
boxes have hand-engraved monograms, from £17.95, while prettily embroidered hankies are £5.75.
Place a sheet of copper or
pewter
, pressing quite hard, so that you indent it.
a grey metal made by mixing
lead
and
tin
:
a pewter plate
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