copper
noun /ˈkɒpə(r)/
/ˈkɑːpər/
- (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
Topics Physics and chemistryc1- 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
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pure
- molten
- beaten
- …
- mine
- produce
- contain
- …
- mine
- miner
- mining
- …
- in copper
- an alloy of copper and something
- an alloy of copper with something
- a copper mine
- 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。
- I only paid a few coppers for it.
- [countable] (British English, informal) a police officer
警察 - Apparently, her dad's a copper.
很明显,她爸爸是警察。 - There are a couple of coppers waiting outside.
有几个警察在外面等着。
- Apparently, her dad's a copper.
词源senses 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.