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单词 pinchbeck
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pinchbeck


pinch·beck

P0309200 (pĭnch′bĕk′)n.1. An alloy of zinc and copper used as imitation gold.2. A cheap imitation.adj.1. Made of pinchbeck.2. Imitation; spurious.
[After Christopher Pinchbeck (1670?-1732), English watchmaker.]

pinchbeck

(ˈpɪntʃˌbɛk) n1. (Jewellery) an alloy of copper and zinc, used as imitation gold2. a spurious or cheap imitation; shamadj3. (Jewellery) made of pinchbeck4. sham, spurious, or cheap[C18 (the alloy), C19 (something spurious): after Christopher Pinchbeck (?1670–1732), English watchmaker who invented it]

pinch•beck

(ˈpɪntʃ bɛk)

n. 1. an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold. 2. something sham, spurious, or counterfeit. adj. 3. made of pinchbeck. 4. sham or counterfeit. [1725–35; after Christopher Pinchbeck (d. 1732), English watchmaker, its inventor]
Thesaurus
Noun1.pinchbeck - an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate goldalloy, metal - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
Adj.1.pinchbeck - serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

pinchbeck

nounAn inferior substitute imitating an original:copy, ersatz, imitation, simulation.
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Synonyms for pinchbeck

noun an inferior substitute imitating an original

Synonyms

  • copy
  • ersatz
  • imitation
  • simulation

Words related to pinchbeck

noun an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold

Related Words

  • alloy
  • metal

adj serving as an imitation or substitute

Related Words

  • counterfeit
  • imitative
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