单词 | metallic |
释义 | metallic (mətælɪk ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A metallic sound is like the sound of one piece of metal hitting another. There was a metallic click and the gates swung open. It gave a metallic clang, like a cracked bell. Synonyms: tinny, jarring, grating, jangling 2. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A metallic voice has a harsh unpleasant sound. ...that creaking metallic voice of hers. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Metallic paint or colours shine like metal. He had painted all the wood with metallic silver paint. Metallic finishes are seen as upmarket. 4. adjective Something that tastes metallic has a bitter unpleasant taste. There was a metallic taste at the back of his throat. 5. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Metallic means consisting entirely or partly of metal. Even the smallest metallic object is immediately confiscated. Place the salmon in a nonstick metallic dish. Collocations: metallic colour Try a copy-catwalk trend: brush your chosen metallic colour along the inner lower lashes, dust into the corner of the brow and nose, and follow along your lower lash line. The Sun I love the metallic colour. The Sun It now had a glossy black, metallic colour and was shaped like a 44-gallon drum. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A prize moon links to metallic colours and turning back time. The Sun There are also fully waterproofed golfing brogues in metallic colours, to get you noticed on the fairway. Times, Sunday Times Which metallic element imparts a red colour to corundum? Times, Sunday Times The metallic element, used to prepare dental amalgams, can also affect the digestive tract, but only in large amounts. Times, Sunday Times These colours were produced by adding layers of metallic element oxides and firing them at 750 to 800 degrees celsius. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two most useful properties of the metal are corrosion resistance and the highest strength-to-density ratio of any metallic element. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Here, vibranium was seen to be an unusual metallic element with decidedly strange properties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was said to be a 10ft-wide metallic object with flashing red and blue lights - and it left marks on the ground. The Sun It beams a radio signal that bounces back off a metallic object. Times, Sunday Times There in the ground, growing, they find a small round metallic object. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Metallic objects reflect lights and colors altered by the color of the metallic object itself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The mine detector brings the vehicle to a full stop upon encountering an obstacle or detecting a metallic object. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Which two metals are extracted from the metallic ore, coltan? Times, Sunday Times Prospectors have recently found reserves of the metallic ore coltan, a key component in mobile phones, and the area has become a hot spot for traders and militia. The Times Literary Supplement The metallic ore minerals are mostly in sulphides, such as galena, sphalerite, enargite, and argentite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The electrical displacement takes place predominantly by electrical conduction through the oceans, and metallic ore bodies and similar subsurface structures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The descending meteoric waters oxidize the primary (hypogene) sulfide ore minerals and redistribute the metallic ore elements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Buyers will also get the choice of metallic paint, privacy glass and leather seat facings. The Sun Look for different surface textures and different densities of flake in metallic paint. Times, Sunday Times In bright candy red metallic paint, my test-drive estate caught the eye for all the right reasons with its sleek design. The Sun Factory sunroofs were also a popular addition, along with alloy wheels and metallic paint. Times, Sunday Times They get features including satnav, metallic paint, special alloys and chrome exhaust. The Sun You like futuristic fabrics that are finished with rubber or a metallic sheen. Times, Sunday Times Like her older, larger, and more famous steelheaded cousins, she has a hint of metallic sheen on her jaws and gill plates. Christianity Today In this case, it's not timber, but locally made ceramic tiles with an almost metallic sheen. Times, Sunday Times Seeing them together, one cannot fail to notice the discrepancy between the handling of textural details like cloth folds, paper edges and metallic sheen. The Times Literary Supplement The metallic sheen opens up the dark space. Times, Sunday Times There are only two colours - metallic blue or metallic silver - so don't be fussy. The Sun Paint your nails with a metallic silver, then follow with a second coat of varnish while it's still wet. The Sun Metallic silver paint, 11.98, from www. Times, Sunday Times It included an improved processor, screen, and new colour choices (porcelain/metallic silver, porcelain/pearlized lilac, and onyx). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The building's architecture features a metallic silver, basketball-shaped sphere flanked by two similarly symmetrical rhombuses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their daughterin-law, also in the boat, heard what she said was a 'metallic sound'. Times, Sunday Times A team of miners' sons, the metallic sound of their studs on what once had been grass. Times,Sunday Times It made a clicking, metallic sound. Times, Sunday Times There was a loud metallic sound in the stern and the boat went into a spin. Times, Sunday Times The only drawback for traditionalists was that the strings had a harsh metallic sound which was considered inelegant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some have become enraptured by their own reflection on its metallic surface. Christianity Today The board can only be ridden above a metallic surface. Times, Sunday Times On the shiny metallic surface of the fountain you can just about spot the reflection of an arched window. Times,Sunday Times Using video and still cameras to monitor the tea's path as it floated in microgravity, directed by the air flow, they found a fracture in a metallic surface. Times,Sunday Times In such cases, the metallic surface sometimes acts as a catalyst. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Giant palazzo pants in pleated silk were trimmed with metallic thread and flashing beads. Times, Sunday Times There's an optimistic sparkle in the 2010 interiors collections, a metallic thread in the weave that signals a renewed appetite for glamour in our homes. Times, Sunday Times Do you know how to check the metallic thread in a 10 note? Times, Sunday Times It glitters like metallic thread. Times,Sunday Times The reverse contains a single six-pointed star in the center, measuring 3 inches across, worked in gold metallic thread. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 金属般的声音 Japanese: 金属的な |
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