terne

n. 镀铅锡铁板

发音

UK /tɜːn/
其它
US /tɝn/

词形变化

ternes 复数 more terne 比较级 most terne 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An alloy coating made of lead and tin (or, more recently, zinc and tin), often with some antimony, used to cover iron or steel.

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  2. 2.

    Synonym of terneplate (“thin iron or steel sheeting coated with this alloy”).

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  3. 1.

    Obsolete spelling of tern (“any of various seabirds of the subfamily Sternidae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail”).

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Colourless, drab, dull.

词源

From terneplate, probably from terne (“colourless, drab, dull”) (see etymology 1) + plate (“layer of a material on the surface of something, plating”).

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