platinum
n. 白金, 铂, 银灰色 [化] 铂Pt
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教材释义与例句
铂；白金；唱片集达100万张的销售量；银灰色
唱片集已售出100万张的
释义与例句
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The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
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A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
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A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
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A platinum-based drug: a platin.
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To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).
游戏I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.
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Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
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Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
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Very expensive, or of very high quality
We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us Proto-Hellenic *plətús Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor. Vulgar Latin *plattusder. Spanish plata Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Spanish -ina Spanish platina English -um English platinum From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
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