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a strong, hard metal that is made of a mixture of iron and carbon 鋼 the iron and steel industry 鋼鐵工業 The frame is made of steel. 這個架子是鋼制的。 Small steel plates were attached to the front and back of the bone. 小鋼板被固定在骨頭的前後。 The bridge is reinforced with huge steel girders. 這座橋用巨大的鋼梁加固了。
Homophones steal | steelsteal steel- steal verb
Lock your bike up so that nobody can steal it. 把你的自行車鎖起來，這樣就沒人能偷了。
- steel noun
The best kitchen knives are made from stainless steel. 最好的菜刀是由不鏽鋼制成的。
- steel verb
They had to steel themselves to watch their cherished work being destroyed. 他們不得不堅強起來，看着自己珍愛的作品被摧毀。
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistryb2building in steel and aluminium 用鋼和鋁建造的建築物 the advantages of building in steel and glass 由鋼和玻璃構成的建築物的優勢
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- solid
- forged
- galvanized
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- make
- manufacture
- produce
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- sheet
- industry
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- in steel
- [uncountable]
the industry that produces steel 鋼鐵工業 Steel used to be important in South Wales. 以前鋼鐵工業在南威爾士很重要。 steel workers 煉鋼工人 a steel town 一座鋼城 The factories and steel mills have now almost disappeared. 工廠和鋼廠現在幾乎消失了。
- [countable]
a long, thin, straight piece of steel with a rough surface, used for rubbing knives on to make them sharp 鋼制磨刀棒 
- [uncountable] (old use or literary)
weapons that are used for fighting 兵器 the clash of steel 刀劍交擊的哐當聲
Word OriginOld English stȳle, stēli, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staal, German Stahl, also to the noun stay sense (2). The verb dates from the late 16th cent.
Idioms
of steel
having a quality like steel, especially a strong, cold or hard quality 鋼鐵般堅強（或冷漠、堅硬）的