pinchbeck

n. 金色铜, 冒牌货, 赝品 a. 金色铜制的, 冒牌的, 廉价的

词形变化

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别名

pinchback

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Made of pinchbeck.

  2. 2.

    Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

metal alloy
形容词

近义相关 2

counterfeit imitative

词源

Named after Christopher Pinchbeck, an 18th century London watchmaker who developed the alloy.

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