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单词 red-short
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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.

Origin

Mid 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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