steel 音标拼音: [st'il]
n . 钢,钢制品,钢铁,坚硬,坚固
a . 钢的,钢制的,钢铁业的,坚强的
vt . 使坚强
钢,钢制品,钢铁,坚硬,坚固钢的,钢制的,钢铁业的,坚强的使坚强
steel n 1 :
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon ;
widely used in construction ;
mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range 2 :
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [
synonym : {
sword }, {
blade }, {
brand },
{
steel }]
3 :
knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod v 1 :
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant [
synonym :
{
steel }, {
nerve }]
2 :
cover ,
plate ,
or edge with steel Steel \
Steel \ (
st [=
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l ),
n . [
AS .
st [=
e ]
l ,
st [=
y ]
l ,
st [=
y ]
le ;
akin to D .
staal ,
G .
stahl ,
OHG .
stahal ,
Icel .
st [=
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Dan .
staal ,
Sw .
st [*
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Old Prussian stakla .]
1 . (
Metal )
A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (
containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon ),
and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide .
Steel ,
unlike wrought iron ,
can be tempered ,
and retains magnetism .
Its malleability decreases ,
and fusibility increases ,
with an increase in carbon .
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2 .
An instrument or implement made of steel ;
as :
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(
a )
A weapon ,
as a sword ,
dagger ,
etc . "
Brave Macbeth . .
.
with his brandished steel ." --
Shak .
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While doubting thus he stood ,
Received the steel bathed in his brother '
s blood . --
Dryden .
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(
b )
An instrument of steel (
usually a round rod )
for sharpening knives .
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(
c )
A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint .
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3 .
Fig .:
Anything of extreme hardness ;
that which is characterized by sternness or rigor . "
Heads of steel ."
--
Johnson . "
Manhood '
s heart of steel ." --
Byron .
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4 . (
Med .)
A chalybeate medicine . --
Dunglison .
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Note :
Steel is often used in the formation of compounds ,
generally of obvious meaning ;
as ,
steel -
clad ,
steel -
girt ,
steel -
hearted ,
steel -
plated ,
steel -
pointed ,
etc .
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{
Bessemer steel } (
Metal .)
See in the Vocabulary .
{
Blister steel }. (
Metal .)
See under {
Blister }.
{
Cast steel } (
Metal .),
a fine variety of steel ,
originally made by smelting blister or cementation steel ;
hence ,
ordinarily ,
steel of any process of production when remelted and cast .
{
Chrome steel }, {
Chromium steel } (
Metal .),
a hard ,
tenacious variety containing a little chromium ,
and somewhat resembling {
tungsten steel }.
{
Mild steel } (
Metal .),
a kind of steel having a lower proportion of carbon than ordinary steel ,
rendering it softer and more malleable .
{
Puddled steel } (
Metal .),
a variety of steel produced from cast iron by the puddling process .
{
Steel duck } (
Zool .),
the goosander ,
or merganser . [
Prov .
Eng .]
{
Steel mill }.
(
a ) (
Firearms )
See {
Wheel lock },
under {
Wheel }.
(
b )
A mill which has steel grinding surfaces .
(
c )
A mill where steel is manufactured .
{
Steel trap },
a trap for catching wild animals .
It consists of two iron jaws ,
which close by means of a powerful steel spring when the animal disturbs the catch ,
or tongue ,
by which they are kept open .
{
Steel wine },
wine ,
usually sherry ,
in which steel filings have been placed for a considerable time , --
used as a medicine .
{
Tincture of steel } (
Med .),
an alcoholic solution of the chloride of iron .
{
Tungsten steel } (
Metal .),
a variety of steel containing a small amount of tungsten ,
and noted for its tenacity and hardness ,
as well as for its malleability and tempering qualities .
It is also noted for its magnetic properties .
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Steel \
Steel \ (
st [=
e ]
l ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Steeled }
(
st [=
e ]
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Steeling }.] [
AS .
st [=
y ]
lan :
cf .
Icel .
staela .
See {
Steel },
n .]
1 .
To overlay ,
point ,
or edge with steel ;
as ,
to steel a razor ;
to steel an ax .
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2 .
Fig .:
To make hard or strong ;
hence ,
to make insensible or obdurate .
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Lies well steeled with weighty arguments . --
Shak .
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O God of battles !
steel my soldiers '
hearts . --
Shak .
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Why will you fight against so sweet a passion ,
And steel your heart to such a world of charms ?
--
Addison .
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3 .
Fig .:
To cause to resemble steel ,
as in smoothness ,
polish ,
or other qualities .
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These waters ,
steeled By breezeless air to smoothest polish . --
Wordsworth .
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4 . (
Elec .)
To cover ,
as an electrotype plate ,
with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis .
The iron thus deposited is very hard ,
like steel .
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183 Moby Thesaurus words for "
steel ":
Excalibur ,
Gibraltar ,
adamant ,
anneal ,
assessable stock ,
aureate ,
authorized capital stock ,
ax ,
bear up ,
beef up ,
bite the bullet ,
blade ,
blue chip ,
blue chip stock ,
bone ,
borrowed stock ,
brace ,
brace up ,
brass ,
brassy ,
brazen ,
brick ,
bronze ,
bronzy ,
brutalize ,
buck up ,
buttress ,
calcify ,
callous ,
capital stock ,
case harden ,
cement ,
cold steel ,
common stock ,
concrete ,
confirm ,
convertible preferred stock ,
copper ,
coppery ,
cornify ,
corporate stock ,
cumulative preferred stock ,
cupreous ,
cuprous ,
cutlery ,
cutter ,
cyclical stock ,
dagger ,
defensive stock ,
deferred stock ,
diamond ,
dirk ,
edge tools ,
eighth stock ,
equities ,
equity ,
equity security ,
fancies ,
ferrous ,
ferruginous ,
firm ,
flint ,
floating stock ,
fortify ,
fossilize ,
gilt ,
gird ,
glamour issue ,
gold ,
gold -
filled ,
gold -
plated ,
golden ,
granite ,
growth stock ,
guaranteed stock ,
harden ,
heart of oak ,
high -
flier ,
horse ,
hot issue ,
hypothecated stock ,
inactive stock ,
income stock ,
indurate ,
insulate ,
inure ,
invigorate ,
iron ,
ironlike ,
issued capital stock ,
knife ,
lapidify ,
lead ,
leaden ,
letter stock ,
lion ,
lithify ,
loaned stock ,
long stock ,
marble ,
mercurial ,
mercurous ,
nails ,
naked steel ,
nerve ,
nickel ,
nickelic ,
nickeline ,
nonassessable stock ,
nonvoting stock ,
oak ,
ordinary shares ,
ossify ,
ox ,
pale blue chip ,
participating preferred stock ,
penny stock ,
petrify ,
pewter ,
pewtery ,
pigsticker ,
point ,
preference stock ,
preferred stock ,
prepare ,
prop ,
protect ,
protective stock ,
puncturer ,
quarter stock ,
quicksilver ,
rails ,
rally ,
ready ,
refresh ,
reinforce ,
reinvigorate ,
restrengthen ,
reverse split ,
rock ,
seasoned stock ,
share ledger ,
shares ,
sharpener ,
shore up ,
short stock ,
silver ,
silver -
plated ,
silvery ,
special situation stock ,
specialty stock ,
speculative stock ,
split ,
standard stock ,
steels ,
steely ,
stiffen ,
stiletto ,
stock ,
stock ledger ,
stock list ,
stock split ,
stocks ,
stone ,
strengthen ,
support ,
sustain ,
sword ,
temper ,
ten -
share unit stock ,
tin ,
tinny ,
toad sticker ,
toughen ,
treasury stock ,
trusty sword ,
undergird ,
unissued capital stock ,
unmeasurable ,
utilities ,
vitrify ,
voting stock ,
whittle
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