| 单词 | copper |
| 释义 | copper (once / 255 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n WORD FAMILY copper: coppered, coppering, coppers, coppery USAGE EXAMPLESThere is a sumptuous mosaic ceiling, with marble columns and copper clay friezes. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Global commodities producers are hoping that China will order big lumps of iron, coal and copper in the new year to send prices higher. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The older woman is instructing the younger one, who is lost in thought in the midst of crushing garlic with a copper mortar and pestle. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor Syn|Hypo|Hyper Cu, atomic number 29 blister copper an impure form of copper having a black blistered surface metal, metallic element any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. conductora substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat 2n a copper penny Hyper cent, centime, penny a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit 3v coat with a layer of copper 2Hyper coat, surface put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface n a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper 3Syn|Hyper copper color Venetian red, burnt sienna, mahogany, reddish brown, sepia a shade of brown with a tinge of red n any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings 4Hypo|Hyper American copper, Lycaena hypophlaeas common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae n uncomplimentary terms for a policeman Syn|Hyper bull, cop, fuzz, pig officer, police officer, policeman a member of a police force |
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