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- copper [ 'kɑpɚ] [ 'kɔpə]
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1.
noun
铜（元素符号Cu；原子量63.546；原子序数29）；铜矿
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2.
noun
现主要用于英格兰，小铜币，铜板
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3.
noun
现主要用于英格兰，铜容器，大的金属容器（或煮器）[原为铜制的]，铜器；铜制物
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4.
noun
铜色，红棕色
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5.
noun
[zoology]
铜色蝴蝶（Lycaena hypophloeas）
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6.
adjective
铜的
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7.
adjective
铜色的，红棕色的
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8.
vt.
用铜皮包，用铜板盖；涂铜于，在…上镀铜
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9.
vt.
[American English]
[slang]
下赌注于…上
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10.
noun
[slang]
警察（原为黑社会用语；因cop有take的意思，那么taker也就是copper；参见cop）
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11.
noun
[slang]
钱（来自copper penny；参见rivets）
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1.
noun
铜（元素符号Cu；原子量63.546；原子序数29）；铜矿
Collins English-English Dictionary
- copper ['kɑpə]
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n
a malleable ductile reddish metallic element occurring as the free metal, copper glance, and copper pyrites: used as an electrical and thermal conductor and in such alloys as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic no: 29; atomic wt: 63.546; valency: 1 or 2; relative density: 8.96; melting pt: 1084.87±+0.2°C; boiling pt: 2563°C
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- a copper coin
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3.
n
the reddish-brown colour of copper
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4.
n
(as adjective)
- copper hair
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5.
n
[informal]
any copper or bronze coin
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6.
n
[chiefly Brit]
a large vessel, formerly of copper, used for boiling or washing
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7.
n
any of various small widely distributed butterflies of the genera Lycaena, Heodes, etc, typically having reddish-brown wings: family Lycaenidae
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to coat or cover with copper
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9.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English coper, from Latin Cyprium aes Cyprian metal, from Greek Kupris Cyprus
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1.
n
a malleable ductile reddish metallic element occurring as the free metal, copper glance, and copper pyrites: used as an electrical and thermal conductor and in such alloys as brass and bronze. Symbol: Cu; atomic no: 29; atomic wt: 63.546; valency: 1 or 2; relative density: 8.96; melting pt: 1084.87±+0.2°C; boiling pt: 2563°C
- copper ['kɑpə]
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1.
n
a slang word for policeman cop
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C19: from
cop 1 (vb) +-er 1
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1.
n
a slang word for policeman cop
Examples
- copper is a good medium for conducting heat
- 铜是传热的良导体 → medium
- copper sheeting
- 薄铜片 → sheeting
- a copper coin → copper
- copper hair → copper
- to fuse borax and copper sulphate at a high temperature → fuse
- copper glance → glance
- hydrous copper sulphate, CuSO4.5H2O → hydrous
- metallic copper → metallic
- to work copper → work
- 铜传电。
- Copper conducts electricity. → 传
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