steel
钢铁,钢材,钢制,钢
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Definitions
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- : any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- : a thing or things made of this metal.
- : a flat strip of this metal used for stiffening, especially in corsets; stay.
- : a bar of this metal that has one end formed to hold a bit for driving through rock.
- : steels, stocks or bonds of companies producing this metal.
- : a sword.
- : a rounded rod of ridged steel, fitted with a handle and used especially for sharpening knives.
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- : pertaining to or made of steel.
- : like steel in color, hardness, or strength.
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- : to fit with steel, as by pointing, edging, or overlaying.
- : to cause to resemble steel in some way.
- : to render insensible, inflexible, unyielding, determined, etc.: He steeled himself to perform the dangerous task.
Phrases
- steel one's heart against
- mind like a steel trap
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
This stainless steel dishwasher on wheels goes where you need it to go.
Each jar was topped with a steel cone into which dogs could put their muzzles.
Brazil and South Korea aggressively expanded steel production.
The steel columns that supported the upper-deck overhang and coverings obstructed views of the action.
With a laser cutter, they cut some of the patterns into stainless steel and tested them.
As a major source for steel during World War II, Sheffield was a frequent target of bombing raids.
We made big things like steel for ships and tractors and turbines for hydroelectric plants.
Then, from a pocket inside his camouflage top, he pulled a hidden stainless steel flask.
Now the lead breacher explained how he cut through the steel doors bin Laden used to seal himself into the compound at night.
We sat in rows of grey steel fold out chairs that faced a model of the compound in Abbottabad.
A leather swordbelt, gold-embroidered at the edges, carried a long steel-halted rapier in a leather scabbard chaped with steel.
His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
A colossal steam "traveller" had ceaselessly carried great blocks of stone and long steel girders from point to point.
He saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.
Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit.