名詞 metal:

1. any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
   同義詞：metallic element
2. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
   同義詞：alloy

動(dòng)詞 metal:

1. cover with metal

形容詞 metal:

1. containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal- Ambrose Bierce
   同義詞：metallic

1. An electric current in metal is caused by the movement of electrons.
   金屬內(nèi)電流是由電子運(yùn)動(dòng)引起的。
2. The metal basin clattered down the stone stairs.
   金屬盆子沿著石階滾了下去，發(fā)出咣啷聲。
3. They cut holes on the sheet of metal with a punch press.
   他們用沖床在金屬板上打孔。
4. Copper and gold are both metals.
   銅和金都是金屬。

met.al

n.（名詞）
Abbr. MAny of a category of electropositive elements that usually have a shiny surface, are generally good conductors of heat and electricity, and can be melted or fused, hammered into thin sheets, or drawn into wires. Typical metals form salts with nonmetals, basic oxides with oxygen, and alloys with one another.
縮寫(xiě) M金屬：任一種帶陽(yáng)電性元素的物質(zhì)，通常具有光亮的表面，是熱和電的良好導(dǎo)體，能被熔化或融合，也可以鍛制成薄片或拉制成金屬線(xiàn)。典型金屬與非金屬物質(zhì)可以生成鹽，與氧生成簡(jiǎn)單氧化物，而兩種金屬則能制成合金
An alloy of two or more metallic elements.
合金：兩種或多種金屬所合成的金屬
An object made of metal.
金屬制品：用金屬制成的物品
Basic character; mettle.
基本特征；本性
Broken stones used for road surfaces or railroad beds.
筑路碎石：用于鋪路面或用于填塞鐵軌枕木間空隙的碎石
Molten glass, especially when used in glassmaking.
玻璃熔液：熔液狀態(tài)的玻璃，尤指用于玻璃器皿的制造
Molten cast iron.
熔化的鑄鐵
Printing Type made of metal.
【印刷術(shù)】 鉛字：用金屬制作的鉛字
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
met.aled 也作 met.alled met.al.ing met.al.ling met.als met.als
To cover or surface (a roadbed, for example) with broken stones.
用碎石來(lái)鋪設(shè)（如公路）的表面

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin metallum
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) metallum
from Greek metallon [mine, mineral, metal]
源自 希臘語(yǔ) metallon [礦藏，礦物質(zhì)，金屬]