mass noun
1- a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to one-third tin青铜, 铜锡合金。
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- a yellowish-brown colour青铜色, 古铜色, 黄褐色:
rich, gleaming shades of bronze.
鲜艳的闪闪发光的青铜色。
1.2
- count noun a work of sculpture or other object made of bronze青铜像; 青铜制品。
1.3
- count noun short for BRONZE MEDAL.BRONZE MEDAL的简称。
with obj.(一般作be bronzed)
1- make (a person or part of the body) suntanned使(人或人身体某部分)被太阳晒黑, 被晒成古铜色:
Alison was bronzed by outdoor life
户外生活使埃利森被晒黑了
as adj. bronzed bronzed and powerful arms.晒成古铜色的强劲有力的臂膀。
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- give a surface of bronze or something resembling bronze to镶上青铜面(或仿青铜面):
the doors were bronzed with sculpted reliefs.
门饰有青铜浮雕。
派生词
bronzy
adjective词源
mid 17th cent.(as a verb): from French bronze (noun), bronzer (verb), from Italian bronzo, probably from Persian birinj 'brass'.