cop·per

noun

/ˈkɒpə(r)/

/ˈkɑːpər/

[uncountable]
(symbol Cu)
a chemical element. Copper is a soft red-brown metal used for making electric wires, pipes and coins.铜
- a copper mine铜矿
- copper pipes铜管
- copper-coloured hair红棕色的头发
Extra Examples
- Her hair shone like burnished copper.她的头发像擦过的铜一样亮。
- She works mainly in copper.她主要用铜创作作品。
- copper alloyed with arsenic铜与砷的合金
Topics Physics and chemistryc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- pure
- molten
- beaten
- …
verb + copper
- mine
- produce
- contain
- …
copper + noun
- mine
- miner
- mining
- …
preposition
- in copper
phrases
- an alloy of copper and something
- an alloy of copper with something
coppers
[plural] (British English) brown coins that do not have much value铜币
- I only paid a few coppers for it.我只花了几个铜板买下这东西。
[countable] (British English, informal) a police officer警察
- Apparently, her dad's a copper.显然，她的父亲是个铜人。
- There are a couple of coppers waiting outside.外面已经有几个警察在等着了。
Topics Law and justicec2

Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Old English copor, coper (related to Dutch koper and German Kupfer), based on late Latin cuprum, from Latin cyprium aes ‘Cyprus metal’ (so named because Cyprus was the chief source).sense 3 mid 19th cent.: from cop + -er.

单词	copper
释义	cop·per noun /ˈkɒpə(r)/ /ˈkɑːpər/ [uncountable] (symbol Cu) a chemical element. Copper is a soft red-brown metal used for making electric wires, pipes and coins.铜 a copper mine铜矿 copper pipes铜管 copper-coloured hair红棕色的头发 Extra Examples Her hair shone like burnished copper.她的头发像擦过的铜一样亮。 She works mainly in copper.她主要用铜创作作品。 copper alloyed with arsenic铜与砷的合金 Topics Physics and chemistryc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective pure molten beaten … verb + copper mine produce contain … copper + noun mine miner mining … preposition in copper phrases an alloy of copper and something an alloy of copper with something coppers [plural] (British English) brown coins that do not have much value铜币 I only paid a few coppers for it.我只花了几个铜板买下这东西。 [countable] (British English, informal) a police officer警察 Apparently, her dad's a copper.显然，她的父亲是个铜人。 There are a couple of coppers waiting outside.外面已经有几个警察在等着了。 Topics Law and justicec2 Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Old English copor, coper (related to Dutch koper and German Kupfer), based on late Latin cuprum, from Latin cyprium aes ‘Cyprus metal’ (so named because Cyprus was the chief source).sense 3 mid 19th cent.: from cop + -er.
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