metal

英['met(?)l] 美['m?tl]

反義詞wood

復數:?metals;第三人稱單數:?metals;過去式:?metalled;過去分詞:?metalled;現在分詞:?metalling;

metal 金屬

來自拉丁語metallum,金屬，礦產，采石場，礦物質，來自希臘語metallon,金屬，礦石，礦砂，詞源同metal. 可能來自PIE*smi,砍，切，詞源同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.: 有金屬部件的照明裝置都應該走地線。

4. A gust of wind pried loose a section of sheet-metal roofing.: 一陣狂風把鋪在屋頂上的一塊金屬片掀起來了。