chalco-

短语

[前缀]表示“铜, 青铜”之义

发音

/ˈkælkoʊ/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Copper; relatedly, also bronze or brass.

  2. 2.

    Ore.

词源

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”). Despite the appearance in English of a possible relation of chalco- to chalk, and any plausible semantic and cognate connections between limestones and ores in ancient times, the terms are not related by any known cognation. Note also the hard ch sound (/k/) in chalco- and words generated therefrom, which differs from the soft ch sound in chalk.

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