gunmetal

n. 炮铜, 青铜, 炮铜色

发音

UK /ˈɡʌnmɛt(ə)l/
AU
US /ˈɡʌnmɛt(ə)l/
US /-ɾ(ə)l/

词形变化

gunmetals 复数 gunmetals

别名

gun-metal gun metal

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of bronze used for making cannons.

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  2. 2.

    An alloy of 88% copper, 10% tin and 2% zinc, originally used for making guns.

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    Gunmetals are alloys of copper, tin and zinc, formerly used for casting cannon. With lead additions they become suitable as bearing materials and are called leaded gunmetals (the US term is leaded red brass); they are quite often misnamed bronzes.

  3. 3.

    A dark grey or bluish-grey colour; gunmetal grey.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

bronze

相关短语

gunmetal gray gunmetal grays gunmetal grey gunmetal greys

词源

From gun + metal.

来源：wiktionary