单词 | iron-like |
释义 | > as lemmasˈiron-like ˈiron-like adj. ΚΠ 1549 T. Broke tr. J. Calvin Of Life Christen Man sig. G.iv We haue nothing to do wyth these yron lyke Philosophers [L. cum ferrea ista philosophia]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ferrean,..iron-like, also hard-hearted, cruel. 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 31 It was a very hard, iron-like stone. 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 231 If only partially effected the centre of the rod still exhibits its duller iron-like structure. 1908 Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 6/3 The discipline is as iron-like as ever. 2005 Trav. Afr. Autumn 117/2 The iron-like shell of its nut is virtually impossible to crack. < as lemmas |
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