alloy
alloy 英 [ˈælɔɪ] 美 [ˈælˌɔɪ]
v. 使成合金 n. 合金
进行时:alloying 过去式:alloyed 过去分词:alloyed 第三人称单数:alloys 名词复数:alloys
- You may have heard of aluminum alloy on a car. What that means is that there is another metal mixed in with the aluminum, to save money and/or to strengthen the wheels. The wheels are an alloy (a mix), rather than pure.
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- v. 使成合金
- n. 合金
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1. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
黄铜是铜锌合金。
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2. This is not pure gold ; there is some alloy in it.
这不是纯金, 里面混有杂质.
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3. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.
青铜是铜和锡的合金。
- alloy (n.) early 14c. "relative freedom of a noble metal from alloy or other impurities," from Anglo-French alai, Old French aloi "alloy," from aloiier (see alloy (v.)). Meaning " base metal alloyed with a noble metal" is from c. 1400. Modern spelling from late 17c. Meaning "any mixture of metals," without reference to values is from 1827.
- alloy (v.) c. 1400, "mix (a metal) with a baser metal," from Old French aloiier, aliier "assemble, join," from Latin alligare "bind to, tie to," from ad "to" (see ad-) + ligare "to bind, bind one thing to another, tie" (from PIE root *leig- "to tie, bind"). In figurative use often implying debasement or reduction. Meaning "to mix any two metals" without reference to values is from 1822. Related: Alloyed; alloying.
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