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I0233200 (ī′ərn)n.1. Symbol Fe A silvery-white, lustrous, malleable, ductile, magnetic or magnetizable, metallic element occurring abundantly in combined forms, notably in hematite, limonite, magnetite, and taconite, and used alloyed in a wide range of important structural materials. Atomic number 26; atomic weight 55.845; melting point 1,538°C; boiling point 2,861°C; specific gravity 7.874 (at 20°C); valence 2, 3, 4, 6. See Periodic Table.2. An implement made of iron alloy or similar metal, especially a bar heated for use in branding, curling hair, or cauterizing.3. Great hardness or strength; firmness: a will of iron.4. Sports Any of a series of golf clubs having a bladelike metal head and numbered from one to nine in order of increasing loft.5. A metal appliance with a handle and a weighted flat bottom, used when heated to press wrinkles from fabric.6. A harpoon.7. irons Fetters; shackles.8. A tonic, pill, or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement.adj.1. Made of or containing iron: iron bars; an iron alloy.2. Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance: an iron constitution.3. Inflexible; unyielding: iron resolve.4. Holding tightly; very firm: has an iron grip.v. i·roned, i·ron·ing, i·rons v.tr.1. a. To press and smooth with a heated iron: iron clothes.b. To remove (creases) by pressing.2. To put into irons; fetter.3. To fit or clad with iron.v.intr. To iron clothes.Phrasal Verb: iron out To settle through discussion or compromise; work out.Idioms: in irons Nautical Lying head to the wind without steerageway and thus unable to turn either way. iron in the fire An undertaking or project in progress: has many irons in the fire this year.

[Middle English iren, from Old English īren; see eis- in Indo-European roots.]

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Adj.

ironed - (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot ironsmooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"unironed, wrinkled - (of linens or clothes) not ironed; "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans"

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Where can I get this ironed? → 哪儿能熨这件衣服？

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adj (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron

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