platinum

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plat·i·num /ˈplætənəm/ noun [uncountableU]

1 HCMa silver-grey metal that does not change colour or lose its brightness, and is used in making expensive jewellery and in industry. It is a chemical element: symbol Pt 铂〔一种化学元素，符号为Pt〕

a platinum ring

白金戒指

2 if a music recording goes platinum, at least a million copies of it have been sold 白金销量〔唱片销量至少达一百万张〕

Eight of Denver’s albums went platinum.

丹佛有八张专辑达到了白金销量。

a platinum disc

一张白金唱片

Examples from the Corpus

platinum• I thought if they were stars, they would be selling gold and platinum albums.• Fourteen of his albums went gold and eight platinum.• My hair is platinum, like Gemma's but shorter, finger-curled.• Broken Hill has a large new platinum mine there.• An outer cylinder of platinum was used as the anode, with a rod of palladium on its axis as the cathode.• There can be few facts about the history of the platinum metals which can not be found here, in attractive form.• President of the Institute of Metals in 1938-40, he was awarded their platinum medal in 1941.

went platinum• Main Course went platinum and generated amazing amounts of black radio play.• Fourteen of his albums went gold and eight went platinum.

From Longman Business Dictionary

platinumplat·i·num /ˈplætənəm/ noun [uncountableU]

a silver-grey metal used in manufacturing and traded on COMMODITY MARKETs

a platinum mine

platinum jewellery

Origin platinum

(1800-1900) Modern Latin Spanish platina, from plata; → PLATE1

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