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 金屬
Various metals are used to make the parts of this machine. 這部機器的零件是用多種金屬制造的.
There isn't much metal in the bodywork of this new car; it's mainly plastic. 這輛新汽車的車身沒用多少金屬材料, 大部分是塑料的.
[attrib 作定語]
a metal support, fitting, container 金屬的支架、 配件、 容器.
2 = road metal (road).
3 metals [pl]
railway-lines 鋼軌; 鐵軌
These locomotives ran on Great Western Railway metals until 1940. 這些火車頭在1940年以前一直在大西部鐵路線上運行. metal, v (-ll-; US -l-) [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
(dated 舊) make or repair (a road) with broken stone 用碎石鋪設或修補(道路)
This rough track will soon be a metalled road. 這條坑坑洼洼的路不久就要鋪上碎石了.