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a strong, hard metal that is made of a mixture of iron and carbon 钢 the iron and steel industry 钢铁工业 The frame is made of steel. 这个架子是钢制的。 Small steel plates were attached to the front and back of the bone. 小钢板被固定在骨头的前后。 The bridge is reinforced with huge steel girders. 这座桥用巨大的钢梁加固了。
Homophones steal | steelsteal steel- steal verb
Lock your bike up so that nobody can steal it. 把你的自行车锁起来，这样就没人能偷了。
- steel noun
The best kitchen knives are made from stainless steel. 最好的菜刀是由不锈钢制成的。
- steel verb
They had to steel themselves to watch their cherished work being destroyed. 他们不得不坚强起来，看着自己珍爱的作品被摧毁。
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistryb2building in steel and aluminium 用钢和铝建造的建筑物 the advantages of building in steel and glass 由钢和玻璃构成的建筑物的优势
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- solid
- forged
- galvanized
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- make
- manufacture
- produce
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- sheet
- industry
- manufacture
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- in steel
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the industry that produces steel 钢铁工业 Steel used to be important in South Wales. 以前钢铁工业在南威尔士很重要。 steel workers 炼钢工人 a steel town 一座钢城 The factories and steel mills have now almost disappeared. 工厂和钢厂现在几乎消失了。
- [countable]
a long, thin, straight piece of steel with a rough surface, used for rubbing knives on to make them sharp 钢制磨刀棒 
- [uncountable] (old use or literary)
weapons that are used for fighting 兵器 the clash of steel 刀剑交击的哐当声
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 钢铁般坚强（或冷漠、坚硬）的