metal
US: /ˈmɛtəɫ/
UK: /mˈɛtəl/
UK: /mˈɛtəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
metal /'metl/
- danh từ
- kim loại
- đá lát đường, đá ba lát (đường xe lửa) ((cũng) toad metal)
- (số nhiều) đường sắt, đường ray
- the train leaves (turn off) the metals: xe lửa trật ray
- (quân sự) xe tăng, xe bọc thép
- thuỷ tinh lỏng
- ngoại động từ
- bọc kim loại
- rải đá; rải đá sửa (một con đường)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[C, U] a type of solid mineral substance that is usually hard and shiny and that heat and electricity can travel through, for example tin, iron, and gold: a piece of metal + a metal pipe / bar / box + The frame is made of metal.
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Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
soft | pure | ferrous, non-ferrous | base, heavy, noble, precious, rare, trace, transition | cold, hot
the sudden pressure of cold metal against her cheek
| bare | solid | gleaming, shining, shiny | tarnished | corroded, rusty | scrap
to recycle scrap metal
| twisted
The bomb left a pile of jagged glass and twisted metal.
| ductile | molten | sheet | toxic
QUANT.
lump, piece, strip
VERB + METAL
be cast from/in, be made from/(out) of
a statue cast in metal The doors are made of metal.
| recycle
METAL + VERB
contract, expand | rust
METAL + NOUN
alloy | band, bar, box, frame, mesh, plate, rod, sheet | fatigue | detector
PREP.
in ~
a sculptor who works in metal
PHRASES
the clang/clash of metal
Concise English dictionary
metalled|metalling|metals|metaled|metaling'metl
noun
+any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
+a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
verb
+cover with metal
adj.
+containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
