| 单词 | metal |
| 释义 | metal n., adj., & v. --n 1. a any of a class of chemical elements such as gold, silver, iron, and tin, usu. lustrous ductile solids and good conductors of heat and electricity and forming basic oxides. b an alloy of any of these. 2. material used for making glass, in a molten state. 3. Heraldry gold or silver as tincture. 4. (in pl.) the rails of a railway line. 5. = road-metal (see ROAD(1)). --adj made of metal. --vtr. (metalled, metalling; US metaled, metaling) 1. provide or fit with metal. 2. Brit. make or mend (a road) with road-metal. Phrases and idioms metal detector an electronic device giving a signal when it locates metal. metal fatigue fatigue (see FATIGUE n. 2) in metal. Etymology: ME f. OF metal or L metallum f. Gk metallon mine |
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