Iron
['aɪən] or ['aɪɚn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth.
(noun.) a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head.
(noun.) implement used to brand live stock.
(noun.) a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood.
(verb.) press and smooth with a heated iron; 'press your shirts'; 'she stood there ironing'.
乔茜錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.
(n.) An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.
(n.) Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.
(n.) Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.
(n.) Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.
(n.) Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.
(n.) Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;
(n.) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.
(n.) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.
(n.) Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.
(n.) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.
(v. t.) To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.
(v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
(v. t.) To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
雨果錄入
解釋/意思:
n. the most common and useful of the metals: an instrument or utensil made of iron as a hand-harpoon &c.: a golf-club with an iron head more set back than the cleek: strength: (pl.) fetters: chains.—adj. formed of iron: resembling iron: rude: stern: fast-binding: not to be broken: robust: dull of understanding.—v.t. to smooth with a smoothing-iron: to arm with iron: to fetter.—adjs. I′ron-bound bound with iron: rugged as a coast; I′ron-cased; I′ronclad clad in iron: covered or protected with iron.—n. a vessel defended by iron plates.—ns. I′ron-clay a yellowish clay containing a large quantity of iron ore; I′roner one who irons; I′ron-flint ferruginous quartz; I′ron-found′er one who founds or makes castings in iron; I′ron-found′ry a place where iron is founded or cast.—adj. I′ron-gray of a gray colour like that of iron freshly cut or broken.—n. this colour.—adjs. I′ron-hand′ed having hands hard as iron; I′ron-heart′ed having a heart hard as iron: cruel.—ns. I′ron-heat′er the piece of metal heated in the fire for a laundress's box-iron; I′roning the act of smoothing with hot irons; I′roning-board a smooth board covered with cloth on which clothes are laid for ironing; I′roning-machine′ a machine for hotpressing cloth hats &c.; I′ron-liq′uor iron acetate a dyers' mordant; I′ronmaster a master or proprietor of ironworks; I′ronmonger a dealer in articles made of iron; I′ronmongery a general name for articles made of iron: hardware; I′ron-mould the spot left on wet cloth after touching rusty iron; I′ron-sand sand containing particles of iron ore: steel filings used in fireworks.—adj. I′ron-sick (naut.) having the iron bolts and spikes much corroded.—n. I′ronside a man of iron resolution: (pl.) a name given to Cromwell's irresistible horse.—adj. I′ron-sid′ed having a side of or as hard as iron: rough: hardy.—ns. I′ronsmith a worker in iron; I′ron-stone a term usually applied to any ore yielding iron; I′ronware wares or goods of iron.—adj. I′ron-wit′ted (Shak.) unfeeling insensible.—n. I′ronwood applied to the timber of various trees on account of their hardness.—adj. I′ron-word′ed (Tenn.) in words as strong as iron.—n. I′ronwork the parts of a building &c. made of iron: anything of iron: a furnace where iron is smelted or a foundry &c. where it is made into heavy work.—adj. I′rony made consisting or partaking of iron: like iron: hard.—ns. Cast′-ī′ron a compound of iron and carbon obtained directly from iron ore by smelting; Ital′ian-ī′ron an instrument for fluting linen or lace.—Iron age an arch鎜logical term indicating the condition as to civilisation and culture of a people using iron as the material for their cutting tools and weapons: a period of cruel tyranny; Iron bark tree a name given in Australia to certain species of Eucalyptus (q.v.); Iron crown the ancient crown of Lombardy so named from a thin band of iron said to be made from one of the nails of the Cross; Iron entered into his soul the bitterest pang of grief has touched his heart.—Bessemer iron pig-iron suitable for making Bessemer steel.—Have too many irons in the fire to be trying to do too many things at once; In irons having fetters on; Rule with a rod of iron to rule with stern severity.
編輯:帕特里克
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of iron, is a harsh omen of distress. To feel an iron weight bearing you down, signifies mental perplexities and material losses. To strike with iron, denotes selfishness and cruelty to those dependent upon you. To dream that you manufacture iron, denotes that you will use unjust means to accumulate wealth. To sell iron, you will have doubtful success, and your friends will not be of noble character. To see old, rusty iron, signifies poverty and disappointment. To dream that the price of iron goes down, you will realize that fortune is a very unsafe factor in your life. If iron advances, you will see a gleam of hope in a dark prospectus. To see red-hot iron in your dreams, denotes failure for you by misapplied energy.
錄入:文斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Seest thou, Isaac, said Front-de-Boeuf, the range of iron bars above the glowing charcoal? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- When the iron parts with its carbon it loses its fluidity and becomes plastic and coherent, and is formed into balls called _blooms_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The first cast-iron lighthouse was put up at Point Morant, Jamaica, in 1842. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- So, he sat down at the foot of his little iron bedstead, and began to wonder how much a year the warder made out of the dirty room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- There were villas with iron fences and big overgrown gardens and ditches with water flowing and green vegetable gardens with dust on the leaves. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- As soon as the current flows, the coils become magnetic and attract the soft iron armature, drawing it forward and causing the clapper to strike the bell. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- I was put in irons, brought to trial again, and sent for life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- And but for his illness he would have been put in irons, for he was regarded as a determined prison-breaker, and I know not what else. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I remember Mr. Cheshire, with his irons, trying to make people straight when the Almighty had made them crooked. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Hall had thick steel plates dovetailed together; and angle irons tenoned at the corners. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Gladiators who objected to fight for any reason were driven on by whips and hot irons. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Bartholomew Irons--to the disappointment of the irregular prelate. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Heat the irons; with my own hands I shall burn the eyes from his head that he may not pollute my person with his vile gaze. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The articles to be ironed are placed in proper position upon a table and carried under and in contact with the rolls. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Cribbed and barred and moored by massive rusty chains, the prison-ship seemed in my young eyes to be ironed like the prisoners. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The polishing is not necessarily done the same day they are ironed. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- If your time is limited, or your work interrupted by callers or other duties, lay them aside after having ironed them perfectly dry. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- After the hides are thoroughly dried they are then oiled and ironed by large rollers having several hundred pounds pressure. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Or the goods are ironed between a heated cylinder and a revolving drum covered with felting, and the polishing effected by the cylinder revolving faster than the drum. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- I can do dress-making very well; and I understand fine washing and ironing; and between us we can find something to live on. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The heat generated for ironing, for instance, is all utilized. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It was both baking and ironing day at the rectory, she remembered--Fanny would be busy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- If the bosom has pleats raise them before ironing dry and dry under them. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- I don't mind ironing, or any kind of work, for you and papa. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- All these young ladies wanted ironing, and all had a curious way of looking everywhere while they chattered. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
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