copper
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English - Vietnamese Dictionary
copper /'kɔpə/- danh từ
- (từ lóng) cảnh sát, mật thám, cớm
- thùng nấu quần áo bằng đồng; chảo nấu đồng
- (thông tục) mồm, miệng, cổ họng
- to have hot coppers: miệng khô như rang (vì uống nhiều rượu)
- to cool one's coppers
- giải khát, uống cho mát họng
- tính từ
- bọc đồng (đáy tàu); mạ đồng
Concise Dictionary
coppers|coppered|coppering'kɒpə
noun
+a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
+a copper penny
+uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
+a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
+any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings
verb
+coat with a layer of copper
Advanced English Dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] (Symbol Cu) a chemical element. Copper is a soft reddish-brown metal used for making electric wires, pipes and coins: a copper mine + copper wire / pipes + copper-coloured hair
2 (coppers) [pl.] (BrE) brown coins that do not have much value: I only paid a few coppers for it.
3 [C] (BrE, informal) a police officer
Collocation Dictionary
noun
ADJ.
molten | beaten | unalloyed | burnished
Her hair shone like burnished copper.
VERB + COPPER
mine | produce | be alloyed with
silver alloyed with copper
COPPER + VERB
be alloyed with sth
copper alloyed with arsenic
COPPER + NOUN
mine | miner | mining, smelting | deposit, ore | alloy, sulphate | coin, ingot, pipe, plate, wire | engraving
PREP.
in ~
(= using copper)She works mainly in copper.
PHRASES
an alloy of copper and/with sth
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
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