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platinum

/plat-n-uhm, plat-nuhm/US // ˈplæt n əm, ˈplæt nəm //UK // (ˈplætɪnəm) //

铂金,白金,铂,白金

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
    • : a light, metallic gray with very slight bluish tinge when compared with silver.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made of platinum.
    • : having sold a minimum of one million copies.

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Examples

  • “Tidal,” rocket-boosted by these controversies, went triple platinum.

  • His 1987 debut album, “Richard Marx,” went ­triple-platinum, and his first ­single, “Don’t Mean Nothing,” reached No.

  • The platinum helps break the carbon-hydrogen bonds in the polyethylene.

  • It was certified platinum by June 2016, and reached triple platinum status the same month, three years later.

  • She was a teenager with one full-length release to her credit — 2006’s platinum-selling “Taylor Swift,” a winsome country album with crossover aspirations.

  • Eventually, she did—more or less—reinventing herself as Nicki Minaj and becoming a platinum-selling hip-hop superstar.

  • He also earned a Grammy and platinum record for “Up Where We Belong.”

  • Delta is a Platinum Global Partner, ranking them among the highest-level contributors to the association.

  • Well, Beyoncé Platinum is rumored to include a remix featuring the singer.

  • A platinum plan pays 90 percent of costs; gold plans pay 80 percent; silver plans pay 70 percent; bronze pay 60 percent.

  • We've got to get that platinum shipment off the C-49 and get into communication with headquarters at Deliphon somehow.

  • Though small, each box was extremely heavy, being loaded with a fortune in platinum bars.

  • Colloidal platinum in water is negative, in a mixture of water and alcohol, positive.

  • Colloidal preparations of platinum, silver and many other metals may be prepared in the same way.

  • Brass—or-molu—gilt platinum to give it weight; this is from Birmingham, not from Australia, nor nature.