a type of solid mineral substance that is usually hard and shiny and that heat and electricity can travel through, for example tin, iron and gold 金属 a piece/sheet of metal 一块/一块金属 a metal pipe/bar/box/plate 金属管/棒/盒子/金属板 a heap of scrap metal 一堆废金属 a roof of sheet metal 金属板屋顶 The frame is made of metal. 框子是用金属做的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistrya2Sheet metal was chosen for the exterior walls and roof. 外墙和屋顶选用金属板。 Factory waste containing heavy metals could cause pollution. 含有重金属的工厂废料会造成污染。 The bomb left a pile of jagged glass and twisted metal. 炸弹留下了一堆断口参差的玻璃碎片和扭曲变形的金属。 a sculptor who works in metal 用金属创作的雕塑家 the sound of metal clanging against metal 金属碰撞金属的当啷声响 the sudden pressure of cold metal against her cheek 冰冷的金属突然压在她面颊上的感觉 The company makes equipment to recycle scrap metal. 该公司制造回收废金属的设备。 Twisted hunks of metal were falling off the facade. 扭曲的金属块从正面掉了下来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivesee also nu metal- soft
- pure
- ferrous
- …
- chunk
- hunk
- lump
- …
- be cast in
- be made from/of/out of
- melt
- …
- contract
- expand
- rust
- …
- alloy
- hydride
- oxide
- …
- in metal
- the clang of metal
- the clash of metal
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French metal or Latin metallum, from Greek metallon ‘mine, quarry, or metal’.
Idioms
put the pedal to the metal
(also with the pedal to the metal)
(North American English, informal)(to go) at full speed; (to drive) with the accelerator of the car pressed to the floor 全速（前进）；（开车时）将油门踩到底 We drove through the night flat-out, with the pedal to the metal. 我们将油门踩到底，在夜色里全速前进。
to use as much effort as possible; with as much effort as possible 竭尽全力；尽最大努力 I'm still putting the pedal to the metal here at work. 我还在这里竭尽全力地工作。