| 单词 | white copper |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite copper white copper n. an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel = German Silver, Nickel Silver.extracted from coppern.1white copper white copper n. now rare any of various silvery alloys of copper. ΚΠ 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount vi. f. 116 Yf it be syluer, or white copper [Fr. cuiure blanc], it is knowen by the shininge of it. 1830 Mechanics' Mag. 13 96/2 The German Silver, which is now coming into vogue..is nothing more than the white copper long known in China. 2002 Econ. Hist. Rev. 55 20 More premiums were offered for a method of making white copper, ‘in the same perfection as that brought from China or Japan’. < as lemmas |
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