| 释义 |
alloy /alˈoi or ə-loiˈ/ noun- A mixture of metals
- Extended to a mixture of metal with non-metal
- The baser ingredient in such a mixture (esp in gold or silver)
- Anything added in a mixture that impairs or debases the main ingredient
- The fineness or standard of gold or silver
- A metal with improved properties due to additional material eg stainless steel
transitive verb- To mix (metal)
- To mix with a less valuable metal
- To impair or debase by being present
- To temper or qualify
intransitive verb To become alloyed ORIGIN: Fr aloi (noun), aloyer (verb), from OFr alei, aleier, from L alligāre, from ad to, and ligāre to bind; allay2 is from the corresponding Norman Fr alai, confused with allay1 |