• n. 金属；合金
• vt. 以金属覆盖
• adj. 金属制的
• n. (Metal)人名；(捷)梅塔尔；(瑞典)梅塔尔

来自拉丁语metallum,金属，矿产，采石场，矿物质，来自希腊语metallon,金属，矿石，矿砂，词源同metal. 可能来自PIE*smi,砍，切，词源同smith,blacksmith,goldsmith.

metal

metal: [13] Greek métallon, a word of unknown origin, had a range of meanings, including ‘mine’ (the original sense) and ‘mineral’ as well as ‘metal’. These were carried over into Latin metallum, but by the time the word reached English, via Old French metal, ‘metal’ was all that was left. Mettle [16] is a variant spelling of metal, used to distinguish its metaphorical senses.

Closely related is medal [16], which etymologically means ‘something made of metal’. It comes via French médaille and Italian medaglia from a general Romance form *medallia. This was an alteration of Vulgar Latin *metallea, a derivative of Latin metallum. Medallion [17] goes back via French to Italian medaglione ‘large medal’.
=> medal, medallion

metal (n.)

mid-13c., from Old French metal "metal; material, substance, stuff" (12c.), from Latin metallum "metal; mine, quarry, mineral, what is got by mining," from Greek metallon "metal, ore" (senses only in post-classical texts; originally "mine, quarry, pit"), probably from metalleuein "to mine, to quarry," of unknown origin, but related somehow to metallan "to seek after." Compare Greek metalleutes "a miner," metalleia "a searching for metals, mining."

metal (adj.)

late 14c., from metal (n.).

1. Light fittings with metal parts should always be earthed.

有金属部件的照明装置都应该走地线。

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2. Heavy Metal music really arose in the late 60s.

重金属音乐真正形成于60年代后期。

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3. The car was left a mess of twisted metal.

车子成了一堆扭曲的金属。

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4. A gust of wind pried loose a section of sheet-metal roofing.

一阵狂风把铺在屋顶上的一块金属片掀起来了。

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5. I listened to the thwack of the metal balls.

我听着金属球相撞的声音。

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