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iron

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Related topics: Elements, Technology, Clothes, Golf
i·ron1 /ˈaɪən $ ˈaɪərn/ ●●● S2 W3 noun → ion
1  metal 金屬 [uncountableU]HCET a common hard metal that is used to make steel, is magnetic, and is found in very small quantities in food and blood. It is a chemical element: symbol Fe 鐵〔一種化學元素，符號爲Fe〕
the iron and steel industry
鋼鐵工業
a driveway with large iron gates
安裝了大鐵門的私家車道
iron ore (=rock that contains iron)
鐵礦石
the absorption of iron from food
對食物中鐵的吸收
→ wrought iron, cast iron →4  See picture of 見圖 iron →4  See picture of 見圖 MATERIAL
2. for clothes 用於衣服 [countableC]DCCT a thing used for making clothes smooth, which has a heated flat metal base 熨鬥
3  have several irons in the fire DIFFERENTto be involved in several different activities or have several plans all happening at the same time 同時從事數種不同活動；同時有數項計劃
He has several economic irons in the fire, including gold and diamond mines.
他同時經營數個賺錢的項目，包括金礦和鑽石礦。
4  sport 體育運動 [countableC]DSG a golf club made of metal rather than wood 〔高爾夫球〕鐵頭球杆
a 5-iron
5號鐵頭球杆
→4  See picture of 見圖 GOLF
5  CHAINS 鐐铐irons [plural] especially literarySCJ a chain used to prevent a prisoner from moving 鐐铐
leg irons
腳鐐
→ a will of iron/an iron will at will2(1), → pump iron at pump2(8), → rule somebody/something with a rod of iron at rule2(5), → strike while the iron’s hot at strike1(28)
Examples from the Corpus
iron• iron ore• He kept her prisoner in her own home and threatened to electrocute her on a sunbed and burn her with an iron.• Start with a five-hundred pound piece of cast iron sitting on the floor.• Prohibited items should include gallows and leg irons.• My doctor said I need more iron in my diet.• a window with iron bars on it
iron ore• The iron and steel industry of Rotherham exists because long ago iron ore was mined locally as well as coal.• It soon ventured into steelmaking to use its coal and iron ore.• The manganese and iron ores of the Urals were linked to great coalfields 1,250 miles further east.• This applies to, for example, gold, petroleum, copper, iron ore, lead, silver, nickel and zinc.• These ironworks were built in 173 6 and were worked for 130 years, exploiting local iron ore deposits.• The greater abundance of iron ores over those of copper also meant that iron was more readily obtainable and cheaper.• Here there are thick deposits of iron ore near the base of some rocks of oolitic limestone which are of Jurassic age.• When the iron ore was worked out the township including the school would pack up and move on.
Related topics: Clothes, Technology
iron2 ●●● S3 verb [transitiveT]
1 DCCTto make clothes smooth using an iron 〔用熨鬥〕熨平 SYN press
Have you ironed my shirt?
我的襯衫你熨過了嗎？
2 iron something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v SOLVE/DEAL WITH A PROBLEMto solve or get rid of problems or difficulties, especially small ones 消除，解決〔尤指小問題或困難〕
We need to iron out a few problems first.
我們需要先解決幾個問題。
Examples from the Corpus
iron out• All around its abandoned buildings some one had left a junkyard of old wood and iron scrap.• If something doesn't happen it's your responsibility to iron any problems out.• If there are any problems in performance-related pay, we can iron these out.• Separating the two parts is considerably easier than with cast iron.• As the neatly ironed shirt billows out a special effect signifies the effects of Bold.• Grappling irons were thrown out but these, too, proved ineffective.• I sort of iron it out flat on my knee and look close.• Before that, Donahue climbed down the iron rungs sticking out the sides of the manhole.
→ ironing
Examples from the Corpus
iron• I need to iron a few shirts for my trip.• But he conceded that there were some kinks to iron out.• The finer details of the proposals from Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine still have to be ironed out.• She ironed their tiny strips of white embroidered cuffs and collars herself, and sewed them on fresh nearly every day.
iron3 adjectiveadj [only before noun]
1 DETERMINEDvery firm and strong or determined 極堅強的；極堅定的
He runs the company with an iron fist.
他以鐵腕經營着公司。
Examples from the Corpus
iron• He lay on his narrow iron bed, whose cheap cotton slip was decorated with repeated figures of Donald Duck.• New Labour is itself a product of the iron cage.• iron discipline• But he offered not only an iron fist to Hanoi there was a velvet glove also.• Those that had iron gratings locked them across the plate glass.• She went quickly; by afternoon, she was in the iron lung and she died the next morning.• This is a fast-paced, heartwarming story of a huge iron man who emerges from the sea to terrify the neighborhood.• The addition of iron oxide produced a darker brown colour in the glaze under reducing conditions.• This is because the center of gravity of the hammer is in the iron part.
iron fist• Ace swung round, her gauntlets curled into iron fists.• The protuberance under her fingers felt soft and hard at the same time, an iron fist in a velvet glove.• Nowadays we need the iron fist of policing in order that we might sleep soundly in our beds.• But he offered not only an iron fist to Hanoi there was a velvet glove also.
Origin iron1
Old English isern, iren
i·ron1 nouniron2 verbiron3 adjectiveadj
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