英语词汇“tumbaga”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tumbaga

/tʊmˈbɑːɡə

noun [mass noun]

An alloy of gold and copper commonly used in pre-Columbian South and Central America.There is evidence suggesting the transfer of tumbaga took place, and at a later date possibly brass technology....

Many of the coppery-colored tumbaga castings were then gilded and burnished to restore their golden appearance.
Many Spanish conquerors were fooled by depletion gilded tumbaga, believing it to be gold.

Origin

1930s: from Spanish, from Malay tembaga 'copper, brass'.

单词	tumbaga
释义	tumbaga /tʊmˈbɑːɡə / noun [mass noun] An alloy of gold and copper commonly used in pre-Columbian South and Central America.There is evidence suggesting the transfer of tumbaga took place, and at a later date possibly brass technology.... Many of the coppery-colored tumbaga castings were then gilded and burnished to restore their golden appearance. Many Spanish conquerors were fooled by depletion gilded tumbaga, believing it to be gold. Origin 1930s: from Spanish, from Malay tembaga 'copper, brass'.
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