iron
n. 铁, 熨斗, 铁器, 坚强, 烙铁, 镣铐 vt. 烫平, 熨, 用铁包 vi. 烫平
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教材释义与例句
熨斗；烙铁；坚强
a common hard metal that is used to make steel, is magnetic , and is found in very small quantities in food and blood. It is a chemical element : symbol Fe
熨；用铁铸成
to make clothes smooth using an iron
熨衣；烫平
铁的；残酷的；刚强的
You can use iron to describe the character or behaviour of someone who is very firm in their decisions and actions, or who can control their feelings well
释义与例句
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A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
铁
不可数 可数Today we studied about metals — including iron — at school.
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Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
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A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
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Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
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Shackles.
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A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
可数 俚语 不可数It's many niggas now totin' iron.
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A dark shade of the color silver.
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A male homosexual.
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A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
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Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
比喻 不可数 可数ironman; a will of iron
He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron.
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Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
可数 不可数 体育He lifts iron on the weekends.
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A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
可数 天文 地质 不可数Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make up only a few percent of all meteorites.
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A safety curtain in a theatre.
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A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
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To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
熨
熨烫
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熨平
烫平
及物You'd be wise to iron that shirt before you wear it.
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To engage in such pressing of clothing.
不及物They were washing and ironing all morning.
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To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
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To furnish, clad, or arm with iron.
及物to iron a wagon
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Made of the metal iron.
铁制的
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Strong (as of will), inflexible.
比喻She had an iron will.
He held on with an iron grip.
an iron constitution
Iron men
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From Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną (“iron”), from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (“iron”), possibly a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Cognates Cognate with Scots airn, ern (“iron”), Yola eeren (“iron”), Saterland Frisian Iersen (“iron”), West Frisian izer (“iron”), Bavarian Eisn (“iron”), Cimbrian aizarn (“iron”), Dutch ijzer (“iron”), German, Luxembourgish Eisen (“iron”), German Low German Isen (“iron”), Limburgish iezer (“iron”), Mòcheno aisn (“iron”), Vilamovian ȧjza (“iron”), West Flemish yzer (“iron”), Yiddish אײַזן (ayzn, “iron”), Danish jern, jærn (“iron”), Faroese jarn (“iron”), Icelandic járn (“iron”), Jamtish járn, jáðn (“iron”), Norwegian Bokmål jern (“iron”), Norwegian Nynorsk jarn, jern, jønn (“iron”), Swedish jern, jaͤrn, järn (“iron”), Gothic 𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽 (eisarn, “iron”).
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