| 单词 | ironstones |
| 释义 | iron /īˈərn/noun
ORIGIN: OE īren (īsern, īsen) Ger Eisen iˈroner noun
iˈroning noun
iˈronlike adjective iˈrony adjective
Iron Age noun (archaeology) The stage of culture of a people using iron as the material for their tools and weapons iˈronbark noun Any of several eucalyptus trees with rough bark and yielding durable timber iˈron-bound adjective
iˈron-cased adjective iˈron-clad adjective
noun A ship covered with iron plates iˈron-clay noun Clay-ironstone Iron Cross noun A Prussian war medal instituted in 1813, revived in 1870 and 1914 and reinstated by Hitler as a German war medal in 1939 Iron Crown noun The crown of Lombardy, so named from a thin band of iron said to be made from one of the nails of the Cross iron curtain noun
iron-fisˈted adjective Exercising strict, despotic control iˈron-founder noun A person who founds or makes castings in iron iˈron-foundry noun iˈron-glance noun Specular iron iron-grayˈ or iron-greyˈ adjective Of a grey colour like that of iron freshly cut or broken noun This colour iron hand noun Strict, despotic control (the iron hand is sometimes hidden in the velvet glove, qv) iron-handˈed adjective iron-heartˈed adjective
iron horse noun A worn-out circumlocution for a railway engine iˈroning-board noun A smooth board covered with cloth, usu on a stand, on which clothes, etc are ironed iron-liqˈuor noun Iron acetate, a dyers' mordant iron lung noun An apparatus consisting of a chamber that encloses a patient's chest, the air pressure within the chamber being varied rhythmically so that air is forced into and out of the lungs, a respirator iron maiden noun An old instrument of torture, consisting of a box lined with iron spikes in which a prisoner was fastened iron man noun
Iˈronman noun A long-distance triathlon race consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a 26.2-mile run iˈronmaster noun A proprietor of an ironworks iˈron-mine noun iˈron-miner noun iˈron-mining noun iˈronmonger noun A dealer in ironmongery or, loosely, in household goods and equipment generally iˈronmongery noun
iron mould (earlier iˈron-mole, Scot iˈron-mail) noun (OE mal mole, spot) a spot left on wet cloth after touching iron iˈron-on adjective Designed to be attached by pressing with a hot iron iron ore noun iron oxide noun Ferric oxide iron-panˈ noun A hard layer in sand or gravel, due to percolation of water precipitating iron salts iron pyrites plural noun Common pyrites, sulphide of iron iron ration noun A ration of concentrated food, esp for an extreme emergency iˈron-red noun A pigment derived from ferric oxide, used as a colorant in ceramics iˈron-sand noun
iˈron-sick adjective (nautical) Having the iron bolts and spikes much corroded Iˈronside or Iˈronsides noun
iron-sidˈed adjective
iˈronsmith noun A worker in iron, blacksmith iˈronstone noun
iˈronware noun Wares or goods of iron iron-willedˈ adjective Firmly determined iron-wittˈed adjective (Shakespeare) Unfeeling, insensible iˈronwood noun Timber of great hardness, and any of various trees producing it iron-wordˈed adjective (Tennyson) Expressed in strong terms iˈronwork noun
pump iron see under pump1 rule with a rod of iron To rule with stern severity strike while the iron is hot To seize one's opportunity while the circumstances are favourable too many irons in the fire Too many responsibilities, undertakings, etc to cope with at once |
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