Word familyadjectivemetalledmetallicmetalliferousmetallinemetallyadverbmetallicallynounmetallidingmetallingmetallistmetallizationmetalloidmetal detectormetal fatiguemetalmarkmetalwaremetalworkmetalworkermetalmetalworkingverbmetallize
scrap metal• Beyond, a glimpse of carnage - the pile-up on the southboundlaneresembled a scrap metalyard.• Now they are to be scrapped and sold off as scrap metal.• Nonni was the daughter of a prosperous dealer in scrap metal who had also been a lay preacher.• This is the first time that plutonium, the most toxic substance in the world, has been discovered in scrap metal.• The borrowers were companies involved in scrap metal and disposal, and property.• Such was the value of scrap metal after World War Two.• Their owners never seem to tire of tossingscrap metal into the waters of their harbour home.• Myat found ships loaded with scrap metal in the port of Chongjin.
Originmetal
(1200-1300)Old FrenchLatinmetallum“mine, metal”, from Greekmetallon
ADJECTIVE | ... OF METAL | VERB + METAL | METAL + VERB | METAL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤soft軟金屬▸➤pure純金屬▸➤ferrous, non-ferrous黑色/有色金屬▸➤base, heavy, noble, precious, rare, trace, transition賤金屬;重金屬;抗腐蝕金屬;貴金屬;稀有金屬;痕量金屬;過渡金屬▸➤cold, hot冰冷的/滾燙的金屬◇the sudden pressure of cold metal against her cheek冰冷的金屬突然壓在她面頰上的感覺➤bare裸金屬▸➤solid固體金屬▸➤gleaming, polished, shining, shiny, silver, silvery閃閃發光的金屬;拋光的金屬;有光澤的金屬;銀金屬;銀色的金屬▸➤dull無光澤的金屬▸➤rusted, rusty生銹的/銹跡斑斑的金屬▸➤scrap廢金屬◇to recycle scrap metal回收廢金屬➤twisted扭曲變形的金屬◇The bomb left a pile of jagged glass and twisted metal.炸彈留下了一堆斷口參差的玻璃碎片和扭曲變形的金屬。➤ductile可鍛造的金屬▸➤liquid, molten液態/熔化的金屬▸➤sheet金屬板➤corrugated波紋金屬➤galvanized鍍鋅金屬▸➤toxic有毒金屬... OF METAL➤chunk, hunk, lump, piece, shard, sheet, slab, strip一大塊金屬;一片金屬;一塊金屬碎片;一張金屬板;一塊金屬板;一長條金屬➤heap, pile一堆金屬◇a heap of scrap metal一堆廢金屬VERB + METAL➤be cast in, be made from/of/out of用金屬鑄成;用金屬製成◇a statue cast in metal用金屬鑄成的雕像◇The doors are made of metal.門都是用金屬做的。➤melt, melt down熔化金屬➤weld焊接金屬▸➤recycle回收金屬METAL + VERB➤contract, expand金屬收縮/膨脹▸➤rust金屬生銹➤clang, clash金屬噹啷作響/碰撞作響◇the sound of metal clanging against metal金屬碰撞金屬的噹啷聲響METAL + NOUN➤alloy金屬合金➤hydride, oxide金屬氫化物/氧化物➤band, bar, frame, mesh, plate, pole, rod, sheet, tube金屬箍;金屬條;金屬架;金屬網;金屬板;金屬杆;金屬棒;金屬薄板;金屬管➤object金屬物體▸➤box, door, fence, gate, railing, roof, etc.金屬盒、金屬門、金屬柵欄、金屬大門、金屬欄杆、金屬屋頂等▸➤fatigue金屬疲勞▸➤detector金屬探測器PREPOSITION➤in metal用金屬◇a sculptor who works in metal用金屬創作的雕塑家PHRASES➤the clang of metal, the clash of metal金屬撞擊的噹啷聲