steel

noun · adjective · verb · nameA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

steelssteele

1.
(countable, uncountable)An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
Þe alle þine leomen wule to-draȝen. þeh þu weore stel al.
Weman...with wordis cane rycht wele our-cum mene hard as stele.
2.
(countable) Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
3.
(obsolete, uncountable)(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
4.
(uncountable)(uncountable, colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
Falkenhayn gave...to Jane a steel glacé silk dress.
5.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

steele

1.
(not comparable)Made of steel.
Strained in stel ger on steedes of might.
2.
(not comparable)Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
3.
(not comparable)(business) Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
4.
(not comparable, obsolete)(medicine, obsolete) Containing steel.
5.
(not comparable)(printing) Engraved on steel.
The best picture I have had yet is the steel frontis-piece to my new book.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

steels

V_ing/Gerund

steeling

V_ed/pp

steeledsteele

1.
(literally) To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
2.
(figuratively) To cause to resemble steel.
3.
(dialectal, transitive)To press with a flat iron.

name

steele

1.
(UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)(UK, crime, slang, obsolete) Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

cold weaponwhite armfiresteelstrikerfirestriker

Cùng gốc / liên quan

cast ironwrought iron

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from *stahlī (something made of steel), enlargement of *stahl (steel), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (to be firm, rigid), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (to stay, to be firm). Compare stele, stehli, Stahl, staal, stål.