Alloy



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GRE 红宝书

• n.合金; v.混合
• ［英］ n.合金 ( a mixture of two or more metals) ; v.混合 ( to mix )
• ［类］ alloy : purity / thin : density ( 掺杂降低纯度 / 变淡降低密度)
• ［记］ 注意单词: unalloyed ( 纯粹的)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French aloi, from Old French alei, from aleir to combine, from Latin alligare to bind — more at ally
• Date: 1604
• 1. the degree of mixture with base metals ; fineness
• 2. a substance composed of two or more metals or of a metal and a nonmetal intimately united usually by being fused together and dissolving in each other when molten; also the state of union of the components
• 3.
  • a. an admixture that lessens value
  • b. an impairing alien element
• 4. a compound, mixture, or union of different things an ethnic alloy of many peoples
• 5. archaic a metal mixed with a more valuable metal to give durability or some other desired quality

II. *Date: 1661

• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. temper, moderate
    • b. to impair or debase by admixture
  • 2. to reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable metal
  • 3. to mix so as to form an alloy
• intransitive verb
  • to lend itself to being alloyed iron alloys well

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