| 释义 |
nickel/ˈnik(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1 Chem. a malleable ductile silver-white metallic transition element, occurring naturally in various minerals and used in special steels, in magnetic alloys, and as a catalyst (symbol 符 Ni) 【化】(化学元素)镍 2 N. Amer. colloq. [北美口] a five-cent coin 5 分镍币 ●v. tr. (nickelled, nickelling; US [美] nickeled, nickeling) coat with nickel 镀镍于 □ nickelic adj.□ nickelous adj.[abbreviation of German Kupfernickel, the copper-coloured ore from which nickel was first obtained, from Kupfer ‘copper’ + Nickel ‘demon’, with reference to the ore's failure to yield copper] |