precious metal

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Elementsprecious metalˌprecious ˈmetal noun [countable, uncountable] HCMa rare and valuable metal such as gold or silverExamples from the Corpusprecious metal• Watches whose cases are made wholly or mainly of precious metal.• Not all plating was of precious metal.• Some analysts argue that it should, since demand for the precious metal exceeds supplies.• The economic recession around the world was not generally helpful to precious metal prices.

单词	precious metal
释义	precious metal From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Elementsprecious metalˌprecious ˈmetal noun [countable, uncountable] HCMa rare and valuable metal such as gold or silverExamples from the Corpusprecious metal• Watches whose cases are made wholly or mainly of precious metal.• Not all plating was of precious metal.• Some analysts argue that it should, since demand for the precious metal exceeds supplies.• The economic recession around the world was not generally helpful to precious metal prices.
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