steel

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steel1 /stiːl/ S3 W3 noun → steal

1 [uncountableU]HCM strong metal that can be shaped easily, consisting of iron and carbon 钢，钢铁

a steel bridge

钢铁大桥

stainless steel (=steel that does not change colour) knives

不锈钢小刀

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2 [uncountableU]TI the industry that makes steel 钢铁工业

Sheffield is a major steel town.

谢菲尔德是主要的钢铁城市之一。

3. nerves of steel BRAVEthe ability to be brave and calm in a dangerous or difficult situation 超人的胆量，巨大的勇气

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nerves of steel• It calls for consummate timing and nerves of steel.• He had either nerves of steel or brains of custard, because he had fallen asleep during the last flight.• The man had nerves of steel and didn't need anyone's good wishes.• Raccoons these days, they have nerves of steel.

4. [countableC]D a thin bar of steel used for making knives sharp 〔磨刀用的〕钢棒

Examples from the Corpus

steel• When people do read longer works, they primarily favor high-drama novels that get a steel grip on their attention.• Edelstein challenges any preconceptions one might have of what a New Jersey steel dispatcher should look like.• In the west, shipbuilding was done at Barrow-in-Furness, again using local steel.• Plate steel is used in the construction and machinery markets.• The best type of lock to use is one made from a loop of solid steel.• According to Gardner, she has the steel to succeed.• Two other bodies are still in the ship, lodged in twisted steel.• The concrete is reinforced with steel.

stainless steel• As soon as I get up, I light the fire and put on a stainless steel pot for hot water.• Mobile stainless steel racks are treated as stainless steel worktops.• The M asteroids are about 99 percent metal with the composition of a natural stainless steel.• The Lanes' vat has had to be fitted with a new stainless steel liner.• Before the days of stainless steel, large houses used a knife-cleaning machine.• For Edward, the stainless steel containers, and the job, took on a deeper significance.• They also say the 25-ton stainless steel casks used at some plants to stored cooled material above ground are too expensive.

steel2 verb [transitiveT]

steel yourself PREPAREto prepare yourself to do something that you know will be unpleasant or upsetting 使自己准备应付〔不愉快的事〕

steel yourself to do something

He steeled himself not to look away.

他硬下心不把目光移开。

Examples from the Corpus

steel yourself• I had to steel myself before I could tell her about the accident.• Jim steeled himself for a fight.• The small staff of doctors, nurses and psychotherapists is steeling itself for an expected 100 percent increase in clients next year.• To steel himself, he served as a witness at two state executions.• She had been expecting changes and had steeled herself not to resent them.• I steeled myself, reached all the way in, and unlocked the door.• He stood straight and still, breathing hard as if he were steeling himself to do something.• And now he must steel himself to face a future without both his parents.• She steeled herself to look at the body again.• I steel myself to look them in the eyes.

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steel• Ruth steeled every nerve-ending in her body.• She had been expecting changes and had steeled herself not to resent them.• I meowed a couple of times and steeled myself as she came over.• Only then would ministers steel themselves to introduce the unpleasant but indispensable reform measures.

Origin steel1

Old English style, stele

steel1 nounsteel2 verb

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