| 释义 |
[/ˈmetl; ˋmɛtl/] n 用法:
1 [C, U] any of a class of mineral substances such as tin, iron, gold, copper, etc, which are usu opaque and good conductors of heat and electricity, or any alloy of these 金属:
Various metals are used to make the parts of this machine. 这部机器的零件是用多种金属制造的. *
There isn't much metal in the bodywork of this new car; it's mainly plastic. 这辆新汽车的车身没用多少金属材料, 大部分是塑料的. *
[attrib 作定语] a metal support, fitting, container 金属的支架、 配件、 容器. 用法:
2 = road metal (road). 用法:
3 metals [pl] railway-lines 钢轨; 铁轨:
These locomotives ran on Great Western Railway metals until 1940. 这些火车头在1940年以前一直在大西部铁路线上运行. metal 2
v (-ll-; US -l-) [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态] (dated 旧) make or repair (a road) with broken stone 用碎石铺设或修补（道路）:
This rough track will soon be a metalled road. 这条坑坑洼洼的路不久就要铺上碎石了. |