单词 | red-short |
释义 | red-short/ˌrɛdˈʃɔːt/Founding noun Iron or steel that is brittle when red-hot; the defect represented by this. Now rare. adjective Designating iron and steel that is brittle when red-hot, typically because of an excess of sulphur in the metal. Opposed to cold-short. OriginMid 18th century; earliest use found in Beware of Bubbles. From red + short, perhaps after the adjectives Danish rødskør, †rødskjør or Swedish rödskör (although this is apparently first attested later: 1782). |
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