音标：['metәl]
n. 金属, 金属制品, 合金, 本质, 质料
a. 金属制的
vt. 以金属覆盖
【化】 金属
【医】 金属
【经】 金属
在线英汉词典
metal的短语、例句：
metal
n
1 [C, U] any of a class of mineral substances such as tin, iron, gold, copper, etc, which are usu opaque and good conductors of heat and electricity, or any alloy of these 金属
Various metals are used to make the parts of this machine. 这部机器的零件是用多种金属制造的.
There isn´t much metal in the bodywork of this new car; it´s mainly plastic. 这辆新汽车的车身没用多少金属材料, 大部分是塑料的.
[attrib 作定语]
a metal support, fitting, container 金属的支架、 配件、 容器.
2 = road metal (road).
3 metals [pl]
railway-lines 钢轨; 铁轨
These locomotives ran on Great Western Railway metals until 1940. 这些火车头在1940年以前一直在大西部铁路线上运行. metal, v (-ll-; US -l-) [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
(dated 旧) make or repair (a road) with broken stone 用碎石铺设或修补（道路）
This rough track will soon be a metalled road. 这条坑坑洼洼的路不久就要铺上碎石了.
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