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单词 mettle
释义 met·tle
I. \ˈmed.əl, -etəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English metel metal, mettle — more at metal
1. archaic : metal
2. : quality of temperament or disposition : spirit, spiritedness, temper
 < a girl of mettle — Norman MacCaig >
 < but that poetry might be of finer mettle than prose he never apparently dreamed — S.T.Williams >
3. : qualities (as ardor, courage, and stamina) and abilities in relation to a given situation
 < those who try their mettle against the sea — Walter Hayward >
 < trucks had proved their mettle in army transport — Pioneer & Pacemaker >
 < spoke in Spanish later on, but at first tried my mettle by using only Yaqui — E.H.Spicer >
Synonyms: see courage

- on one's mettle
II. adjective
archaic Scotland : spirited, mettlesome
 < an honest and a mettle gentleman — R.L.Stevenson >
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