gunmetal
/guhn-met-l/US // ˈgʌnˌmɛt l //UK // (ˈɡʌnˌmɛtəl) //
炮铜色,枪色,炮铜色的,炮铜合金
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- : Also called gunmetal gray . a dark gray with bluish or purplish tinge.
- : a bronze formerly much used for cannon.
- : an alloy of 88 percent copper, 10 percent tin, and 2 percent zinc, cast or machined for use in valves, gears, and other parts.
Examples
The procession stretched for miles beneath a warm drizzle and a gunmetal gray sky.
Beyond the reefs the sea was gunmetal under the stars, streaked with foam and shadow.
In Fig. 36, a, a is the body of the apparatus, partly of gunmetal and partly of wood.
Broadway was black and shining as polished gunmetal, with reflections of its million lights staggering down into the wet asphalt.
The cellar was empty except for a large wooden tun or cask which reached almost to the ceiling, and a gunmetal hand pump.
The whole should be of gunmetal, and, if the pipes to be used be of iron, screwed at the end.
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