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单词 metal
释义
metal
(metəl )
Word forms: metals
1. variable noun B1
Metal is a hard substance such as iron, steel, gold, or lead.
...pieces of furniture in wood, metal and glass.
He hit his head against a metal bar.
2.  See also base metal
Collocations:
metal object
Builders had been digging up soil near a house when the tip of a metal object was exposed.
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It requires a power washer, operating at maximum strength, and anything up to 90 minutes of rapacious chiselling with a blunt metal object.
Times, Sunday Times
Our six-year-old cheerfully bins his outgrown toys but cannot be parted from a small, unidentified metal object found on a pavement when he was two.
Times, Sunday Times
Armed with the new memory, switch off and unplug the computer and earth yourself by touching a nearby metal object to remove static.
Times, Sunday Times
The charged paint particles wrap around the metal object, coating all sides at the same time.
Times, Sunday Times
metal panel
Unconfirmed reports claim maintenance work had recently been carried out on the escalator and workmen replaced the metal panel but forgot to secure it.
The Sun
It had pierced the metal panel on his cab door.
The Sun
This addition has metal panel and stucco exterior finishes.
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Some of the metal panel safes are highly decorated, showing the creativity of their makers.
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Only the hall and the lavatory are concealed, tucked behind seemingly impenetrable metal panels.
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metal pin
The container’s front door was missing a metal pin to secure it.
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It needed a metal pin through it.
The Sun
He has had an operation to insert a metal pin in his leg.
Times, Sunday Times
He had a metal pin inserted in the left side of his spine to prevent further damage after a stress fracture.
Times, Sunday Times
They often have a metal pin back or a safety pin style back.
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metal pipe
It can also strike an outdoor metal pipe and pass straight through into a bathroom or kitchen tap.
Times, Sunday Times
Seed to grow them was saved from last year's crop and the metal pipe support will serve for a long time to come.
The Sun
They tied a rope between two trees, and planned to slide down the rope by holding a length of metal pipe over the rope.
Christianity Today
The electronic sounds, set off by the metal pipe stands, appeared in the mid-nineties.
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The main drill tool consists of a length of metal pipe with a bit/valve.
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metal plate
The four-time champ, who had a metal plate fitted during an operation on his right arm, made his return in just 37 days.
The Sun
She needed a metal plate fitted and three teeth removed.
The Sun
But the metal plate in his shin has been causing him discomfort.
The Sun
Travel brought its own challenges: flying increased the swelling and her metal plate regularly set off pings when going through airport security.
Times, Sunday Times
Eventually, medics inserted a metal plate from his shoulder to his elbow.
Times, Sunday Times
metal rail
It has a metal rail around each of the glass shelves to avoid spillages.
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A decorative metal rail surrounds the exterior of the office segment roof.
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The court area includes a second story balcony on three sides; the original wooden balustrade has been replaced with a metal rail.
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An adjustable horizontal metal rail - the tool rest - between the material and the operator accommodates the positioning of shaping tools, which are usually hand-held.
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Track pieces are connected with gold-plated metal rail joiners plus plastic clips in the roadbed.
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metal railing
Two witnesses said that they had seen the couple together on the metal railing around the flat's balcony.
Times, Sunday Times
One lightning bolt struck a metal railing, running along the rails 'as a brilliant blue light' before it flashed to the ground.
Times, Sunday Times
He also tried to lob a metal railing and dustbin at the coach.
The Sun
It has a metal railing around its edge to protect tourists and staff, with one cathedral worker claiming that it was 'completely impossible' to fall by accident.
Times, Sunday Times
Wrought iron and other metal railing systems that do not come in ready-to-install kits will usually require a skilled blacksmith as much welding will be required.
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metal ring
The thermostat looks very cool — a metal ring round a bright, circular screen.
The Sun
So what did she think that metal ring was on his left hand which we all can blatantly see in that picture of them together.
The Sun
You've got a rope with a metal ring on the end hanging from the ceiling.
Times, Sunday Times
Well the pair certainly fooled me when they invited me to take part in a trick with a solid metal ring.
The Sun
Also, as you can imagine, a swinging rope with a metal ring on the end tends to render a lot of floor space rather hazardous, and therefore empty.
Times, Sunday Times
metal rock
Reinforcement measures are made up of metal rock nails or anchors.
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His face looks pretty much like a musician of a heavy metal rock band.
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Her dad was in a heavy metal rock band, and her mom raised monkeys.
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metal sculpture
They were part of a metal sculpture, standing sentinel in a roundabout.
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The decorator, who notices the metal sculpture and the blacksmith-made veranda.
Times, Sunday Times
Inside are a derelict pink castle and a metal sculpture of a horse.
Times, Sunday Times
You are standing before a massive work of art, a metal sculpture in the shape of a book, almost 6ft high.
Times, Sunday Times
Endless talking heads, bits of metal sculpture, concrete and worthy causes.
Times, Sunday Times
metal shards
In some cases it misfired, scattering metal shards at high speed into vehicles.
Times, Sunday Times
While conventionally viewed as small metal shards moving at super-supersonic and hypersonic speeds, fragmentation can occur in epic proportions and travel for extensive distances.
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They should not be used to strike other tools as this could cause metal shards to fly.
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You have to sever kite strings filled with glass and metal shards.
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metal spike
The pipe welder was about to down another forkful when he spotted the metal spike.
The Sun
At one end was a weight and the other a metal spike.
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This time, the gang got even closer to the cash, with the metal spike being rammed into the van.
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A metal spike (bronze) was the only other object thing found in this pit.
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As she looks through them, two retracted metal spikes plunge through her eyes and blood spurts all over her face.
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metal spoon
Using a large metal spoon, fold everything together quickly but gently.
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Using a large metal spoon, fold everything together until combined, but don't over-mix.
Times, Sunday Times
Then, using a large metal spoon, fold the wet ingredients into the dry, until evenly combined.
The Sun
Gently fold in using the large metal spoon.
The Sun
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt, and fold into the butter mixture with a large metal spoon.
Times, Sunday Times
metal strip
I push the metal strip on my mask down, pinching it harder between my thumb and forefinger around the bridge of my nose.
Times,Sunday Times
And whichever of the 11 exterior colours you plump for there'll be a matching metal strip along the dash, plus co-ordinated seat trim.
Times, Sunday Times
A metal strip, fallen from another plane, punctured a tyre and ruptured a fuel tank.
The Sun
A simple metal strip attached to a smartphone can take a heart reading in just 30 seconds.
The Sun
In some cases the male hat undoubtedly represents a small helmet (misyurka), sometimes with crossing metal strips.
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metal stud
The seatbelt she was wearing forced the metal stud through her body almost to her spine, causing serious internal injuries.
Times, Sunday Times
The accessory shoe has a small metal stud stop pin.
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As well as its main compartment (complete with a secure zip) it will boast two additional pockets, one jazzed-up with on-trend metal studs.
Times, Sunday Times
Its brass wheels, metal studs and worn radio are reminiscent of an early submarine.
Times, Sunday Times
Metal studs on the tyres are standard in this part of the world.
Times, Sunday Times
metal surface
A good choice for knitters who tend to knit too tightly - the slippery metal surface can help to loosen the tension.
Times, Sunday Times
For the uninitiated, washboards are used to clean laundry, and typically have a wooden frame surrounding a rippled metal surface.
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You soak clothes in soapy water, then rub them against the metal surface to scrub the fabric.
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Luckily, she was not touching the metal surface and escaped severely shaken but unhurt.
The Sun
With the help of a frying pan or other metal surface, however, culinary enthusiasts have long been attempting to make sun-cooked eggs.
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metal tray
Put the crabmeat on a clean metal tray, ideally set over ice.
Times, Sunday Times
A metal tray contained the gleaming titanium aneurysm clips.
Times, Sunday Times
Pour the liquid into a shallow metal tray, then place in the freezer.
Times, Sunday Times
Baste the lamb with the thinned honey, using the remaining rosemary sprigs as a paintbrush, and catch the drippings with a metal tray.
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Place the ramekins on a metal tray.
Times, Sunday Times
metal tube
This packed metal tube became our home in the sky.
Times, Sunday Times
For the machine to work its magic, you have to lie down inside a big metal tube for between 30 minutes and an hour.
Times, Sunday Times
Especially when you're hurtling through the troposphere at 500mph in a fragile metal tube with 300 strangers.
Times, Sunday Times
He slid the metal tube into the inside pocket of his anorak, then set off eastwards along the riverside path.
Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, for most of my early life my tongue was more adept at articulating semiquavers through a metal tube than at turning thought into speech.
Times, Sunday Times
metal wire
Sadly, the new panels were being attached to old posts, which had drifted over time, so the third trellis was secured with one nail and a lot of metal wire.
Times,Sunday Times
Miners repair it by hand with metal wire.
Times, Sunday Times
Ventilation pipes are made of a rubber fabric that often tears and which miners stitch up by hand with metal wire.
Times, Sunday Times
Another design in development, called racetrack memory, encodes information in the direction of magnetization between domain walls of a ferromagnetic metal wire.
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However, real inductors have winding resistance from the metal wire forming the coils.
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molten metal
Molten metal was then poured in through sprues to fill the vacated space.
The Times Literary Supplement
The hi-tech devices concentrate the force of a blast and produce chunks of molten metal capable of penetrating the toughest armour.
The Sun
I'd see a great serpent of molten metal come slithering down into the machine, and it would be chopped off.
Christianity Today
The company, which has launched an investigation blamed the blasts on a train leaking molten metal.
The Sun
If his tools melt, molten metal could eat through his space gloves or suit.
Times, Sunday Times
polished metal
This was his domain, this darkened room with its examining chair, the framed degrees on the wall, the glint of polished metal.
Times, Sunday Times
Measuring 20 metres long, 13 metres wide and 10 metres high, it was one piece of welded and polished metal.
Times, Sunday Times
Comes in polished metal or green, right, just 69.99.
The Sun
All around you lie the trappings of luxury: the wood, the thick leather, the polished metal, the gadgets and, above all, the space - acres of it in every direction.
Times, Sunday Times
When the scientists shone light of different colors and brightness onto a polished metal plate, their instruments detected negatively charged particles-later called electrons-coming off the surface.
Christianity Today
rusting metal
His relatives were buried in a modest plot, surrounded by maize fields, and a rusting metal fence.
Times, Sunday Times
Large rectangular ponds, huge sheets of glass, rusting metal and evergreens clipped to within a millimetre of their lives fail my curtain-pulling test.
The Sun
Rain has caused drip marks on a rusting metal chestnut the size of a small car that sits in the studio compound.
Times, Sunday Times
We've done a little dedication area in our garden with deckchairs, the same sort of wood, rusting metal and shingle.
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rusty metal
The barber motioned me toward his single chair, a crude contraption of rusty metal and cracked leather that lacked all upholstery stuffing.
Christianity Today
The percussion often includes items more at home in a breaker's yard (frying pans, rusty metal, etc).
The Sun
It plays out on and around a set of rusty metal girders and a fallen cross.
Times, Sunday Times
From living quarters in mayhem to the big banks, from the ambassador's residence to places 10m round and covered with sheets of rusty metal, everything has been overturned, destroyed, lost.
Times, Sunday Times
Rusty metal staircases are patrolled by prison wardens.
Times, Sunday Times
shiny metal
We're oiled up and stroking ourselves with a shiny metal tool.
Times,Sunday Times
A picture of a modernist building made of shiny metal.
The Times Literary Supplement
Metal bins collecting the cascades of shiny metal are filling up like pirate treasure chests.
The Sun
Add some chrome hubcaps or a snarling grille and it quickly becomes an extension of the driver's personality, a shiny metal exoskeleton.
Times, Sunday Times
A hard hat hangs from a sign next to a low table strewn with recently abandoned food in shiny metal tins.
Times, Sunday Times
toxic metal
Most low-energy bulbs contain about 5mg of mercury, a toxic metal that can damage health at very low levels.
Times, Sunday Times
Braking releases toxic metal particles into the air and hitting a bump dislodges even more.
The Sun
The seats were found to contain small amounts of cadmium, a toxic metal.
Times, Sunday Times
Preventative aerial application of lime has commenced, to curtail the spread of the toxic metal plume in the naturally acidic soil of the region.
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Fish, shellfish, crabs, and shrimps taken in coastal waters as well as other bird species also contained the toxic metal.
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trace metals
Exploratory drilling in the area looked for tin, copper, zinc and other trace metals.
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The carbon dioxide binds with calcium salts and trace metals such as nickel or zinc that otherwise make the material harmful to surrounding soil and water.
Times, Sunday Times
The trace metals may pose a danger if used on edible plants, as they can bioaccumulate.
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Ash contains trace metals that, while in low concentration, provide nutrients to microorganisms that live in the water column.
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Foremost among them was inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy, which could rapidly and simultaneously detect up to 40 different trace metals from a small sample.
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twisted metal
Staff arrived the next morning to find a heap of twisted metal.
Times, Sunday Times
Is it the twisted metal - or a twisted monster?
Times, Sunday Times
As they wade through the shards of glass and twisted metal, the rest of the roof caves in, causing utter devastation!
The Sun
The structure was left a mass of twisted metal and shattered glass.
The Sun
Nothing was left of those who had been inside the tanks — apart from powdery remnants amid twisted metal.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 金属
Japanese: 金属
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