English Dictionary

metal

/ˈmɛtəl/

noun

Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.

The metal was shiny and reflective.

意味（1）

Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.

Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

意味（2）

Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.

But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].

意味（3）

(astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.

Most of the matter in stars is hydrogen and helium, and the metals (including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and so on) were cooked up inside stars.

意味（4）

Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.

意味（5）

(mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.

意味（6）

(obsolete) A mine from which ores are taken.

slaves[…]and persons condemned to metals

意味（7）

(heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).

意味（8）

Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.

意味（9）

(music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

意味（10）

(figuratively, archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.

Leonato. Well, neece, I hope to ſee you one day fitted with a husband. / Beatrice. Not till God make men of ſome other mettall then earth, would it not grieue a woman to be over-maſtred with a peece of valiant duſt?

意味（11）

The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.

意味（12）

(UK, in the plural) The rails of a railway.

意味（13）

(informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.

We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal.