| 单词 | metallic |
| 释义 | metallic (once / 1082 pages) adjn Metallic things are either made out of metal or look like they are. Your metallic party dress might be covered in sparkly silver sequins. Yowza! A metallic bicycle might be unpainted chrome — made of metal, in other words. Your metallic nail polish only resembles metal, glinting and shining gold. It's also possible to taste something that reminds you of metal and get a lingering metallic taste in your mouth. Metallic comes from metal, and both are rooted in the Greek metallon, "metal or ore." WORD FAMILYmetallic: metallic-colored, metallically, metallicly, metallics, nonmetallic+/bimetal: bimetallic/metal: bimetal, metal-colored, metaled, metaling, metalize, metalled, metallic, metallike, metalling, metallize, metalloid, metally, metals, nonmetal/metalize: metalized/metallize: metallized, metallizing/nonmetal: nonmetals USAGE EXAMPLESHe heard the distinct sound of a suppressed Mark 12, something between a metallic click and the snap of a whip. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) The metallic digits on this lumbering monstrosity are clearly intended to supplant the dexterity and fine motor control found in the human fingertips. Salon(Dec 27, 2016) Or we want to cheer ourselves up with rose gold paperclips and metallic finish pencils. BBC(Dec 17, 2016) 1adj containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal a metallic compound metallic luster "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce Syn|Ant metal all-metal consisting completely of metal aluminiferouscontaining alum or aluminum antimonialcontaining antimony argentiferouscontaining or yielding silver auriferous, gold-bearingcontaining gold bimetal, bimetallicformed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together bronzemade from or consisting of bronze gilded, gold, goldenmade from or covered with gold metal-looking, metallic-looking, metallikeresembling metal silvermade from or largely consisting of silver tinnythin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance nonmetal, nonmetallic not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal metalloidof or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal 2n a yarn made partly or entirely of metal Hyper thread, yarn a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving 3n a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal Hyper cloth, fabric, material, textile artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers |
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