Alloy

['ælɒɪ] or ['ælɔɪ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; 'brass is an alloy of zinc and copper'.

(verb.) make an alloy of.

杰米整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

(v. t.) The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.

(v. t.) A baser metal mixed with a finer.

(v. t.) Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.

(v. t.) To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

(v. t.) To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

(v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

(v. t.) To form a metallic compound.

手打:曼弗雷德

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Combination (of metals) by fusion.[2]. Baser metal (mixed with finer).[3]. Baser element or ingredient.

唐尼手打

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Admixture, deterioration, adulteration, drawback, diminution, decrement,impairment, debasement, depreciation, disparagement

ANT:Purity, genuineness, enhance, {[muiit]?}, integrity

弗洛整理

解釋/意思:

v.t. to mix one metal with another: to reduce the purity of a metal by mixing a baser one with it: (fig.) to debase: to temper or qualify.—n. a mixture of two or more metals (when mercury is one of the ingredients it is an amalgam): a baser metal mixed with a finer: anything that deteriorates.—n. Alloy′age the act of alloying or mixing metals: a mixture of different metals.

巴里整理