metal

noun

/ˈmetl/

[countable, uncountable]Idioms

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a type of solid mineral substance that is usually hard and shiny and that heat and electricity can travel through, for example tin, iron and gold
- a piece/sheet of metal
- a metal pipe/bar/box/plate
- a heap of scrap metal
- a roof of sheet metal
- The frame is made of metal.
see also base metal, heavy metal, noble metal, precious metal, transition metal
Extra Examples
- Sheet metal was chosen for the exterior walls and roof.
- Factory waste containing heavy metals could cause pollution.
- The bomb left a pile of jagged glass and twisted metal.
- a sculptor who works in metal
- the sound of metal clanging against metal
- the sudden pressure of cold metal against her cheek
- The company makes equipment to recycle scrap metal.
- Twisted hunks of metal were falling off the facade.
Topics Physics and chemistrya2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- soft
- pure
- ferrous
- …
… of metal
- chunk
- hunk
- lump
- …
verb + metal
- be cast in
- be made from/of/out of
- melt
- …
metal + verb
- contract
- expand
- rust
- …
metal + noun
- alloy
- hydride
- oxide
- …
preposition
- in metal
phrases
- the clang of metal
- the clash of metal
See full entry
see also nu metal
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French metal or Latin metallum, from Greek metallon ‘mine, quarry, or metal’.

Idioms

put the pedal to the metal

(also with the pedal to the metal)

(North American English, informal)

(to go) at full speed; (to drive) with the accelerator of the car pressed to the floor
- We drove through the night flat-out, with the pedal to the metal.
to use as much effort as possible; with as much effort as possible
- I'm still putting the pedal to the metal here at work.

单词	metal
释义	metal noun /ˈmetl/ /ˈmetl/ [countable, uncountable]Idioms jump to other results a type of solid mineral substance that is usually hard and shiny and that heat and electricity can travel through, for example tin, iron and gold a piece/sheet of metal a metal pipe/bar/box/plate a heap of scrap metal a roof of sheet metal The frame is made of metal. see also base metal, heavy metal, noble metal, precious metal, transition metal Extra Examples Sheet metal was chosen for the exterior walls and roof. Factory waste containing heavy metals could cause pollution. The bomb left a pile of jagged glass and twisted metal. a sculptor who works in metal the sound of metal clanging against metal the sudden pressure of cold metal against her cheek The company makes equipment to recycle scrap metal. Twisted hunks of metal were falling off the facade. Topics Physics and chemistrya2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective soft pure ferrous … … of metal chunk hunk lump … verb + metal be cast in be made from/of/out of melt … metal + verb contract expand rust … metal + noun alloy hydride oxide … preposition in metal phrases the clang of metal the clash of metal See full entry see also nu metal Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French metal or Latin metallum, from Greek metallon ‘mine, quarry, or metal’. Idioms put the pedal to the metal (also with the pedal to the metal) (North American English, informal) (to go) at full speed; (to drive) with the accelerator of the car pressed to the floor We drove through the night flat-out, with the pedal to the metal. to use as much effort as possible; with as much effort as possible I'm still putting the pedal to the metal here at work.
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