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单词 german silver
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German silvern.

Brit. /ˌdʒəːmən ˈsɪlvə/, U.S. /ˈˌdʒərmən ˈsɪlvər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: German adj., silver n.
Etymology: < German adj. + silver n., so called on account of the fact that it was manufactured in Germany for European markets (compare quot. 1830). Compare earlier paktong n., paitung n.
Nickel silver (in early use spec. that manufactured in Germany). Frequently attributive (also figurative, with the sense ‘ersatz’).Germany was the first European country to perfect the manufacture of nickel silver, although it and similar alloys had previously been imported from China. Cf. earlier paitung n., paktong n., white copper n. at copper n.1 1b.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > copper, zinc, and nickel or imitation silver
occamy1596
tutenag1622
paitung1736
paktong1776
German silver1828
electrum1829
albata1833
argentan1847
maillechort1851
nickel silver1860
nickeline1882
melchior1892
1828 Morning Chron. 9 Dec. 1/2 (advt.) German silver spoons, forks, &c. manufactured by Summers and Smith..as superior to any thing hitherto discovered as a substitute for Silver.
1830 Mechanics' Mag. 13 96/2 The German Silver, which is now coming into vogue, has been introduced, as its name denotes, by the Germans into Europe, but is nothing more than the white copper long known in China.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1052 A gun..in a case of rosewood, mounted in German silver.
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 58 The beggars were a kind of German-silver aristocracy.
1873 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. (1883) 200 The coils (of the differential galvanometer) are sometimes made of German silver instead of copper.
1931 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 66 193 After filling, the German silver tube is filled with a long tapering pin of German silver.
1964 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 17 87 The assumption is that they [sc. horns] are invariably nickel or German silver.
2002 M. Debost Simple Flute 82 Imagine: a flute made not only of wood, but also of silver or German silver, capable of playing in tune, with a big tone?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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