metal

名词 metal:

1. any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
   同义词：metallic element
2. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
   同义词：alloy

动词 metal:

1. cover with metal

形容词 metal:

1. containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal- Ambrose Bierce
   同义词：metallic

1. An electric current in metal is caused by the movement of electrons.
   金属内电流是由电子运动引起的。
2. The metal basin clattered down the stone stairs.
   金属盆子沿着石阶滚了下去，发出咣啷声。
3. They cut holes on the sheet of metal with a punch press.
   他们用冲床在金属板上打孔。
4. Copper and gold are both metals.
   铜和金都是金属。

met.al

n.（名词）
Abbr. MAny of a category of electropositive elements that usually have a shiny surface, are generally good conductors of heat and electricity, and can be melted or fused, hammered into thin sheets, or drawn into wires. Typical metals form salts with nonmetals, basic oxides with oxygen, and alloys with one another.
缩写 M金属：任一种带阳电性元素的物质，通常具有光亮的表面，是热和电的良好导体，能被熔化或融合，也可以锻制成薄片或拉制成金属线。典型金属与非金属物质可以生成盐，与氧生成简单氧化物，而两种金属则能制成合金
An alloy of two or more metallic elements.
合金：两种或多种金属所合成的金属
An object made of metal.
金属制品：用金属制成的物品
Basic character; mettle.
基本特征；本性
Broken stones used for road surfaces or railroad beds.
筑路碎石：用于铺路面或用于填塞铁轨枕木间空隙的碎石
Molten glass, especially when used in glassmaking.
玻璃熔液：熔液状态的玻璃，尤指用于玻璃器皿的制造
Molten cast iron.
熔化的铸铁
Printing Type made of metal.
【印刷术】 铅字：用金属制作的铅字
v.tr.（及物动词）
met.aled 也作 met.alled met.al.ing met.al.ling met.als met.als
To cover or surface (a roadbed, for example) with broken stones.
用碎石来铺设（如公路）的表面

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin metallum
源自 拉丁语 metallum
from Greek metallon [mine, mineral, metal]
源自 希腊语 metallon [矿藏，矿物质，金属]