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金属metal

1.[u]铁a chemical element. Iron is a hard strong metal that is used to make steel and is also found in small quantities in blood and food.

工具tool

2.[c]熨斗a tool with a flat metal base that can be heated and used to make clothes smooth

have several, etc. irons in the fire

分散活动（或经营）；广泛撒网to be involved in several activities or areas of business at the same time, hoping that at least one will be successful

1.[t][i]~ (sth)（用熨斗）熨，烫平to make clothes, etc. smooth by using an iron

1.[obn]坚强的；强硬坚定的very strong and determined

an iron fist/hand (in a velvet glove)

（温和背后的）铁拳if you use the wordsan iron fist/hand when describing the way that sb behaves, you mean that they treat people severely. This treatment may be hidden behind a kind appearance (thevelvet glove ).

1.铁器,铁制品;小刀,尖刀;熨斗,烙铁

2.铁剂,含铁补药

3.(坚忍不拔的)毅力,意志

4.脚镣,手铐;马镫

5.〈俚〉机器;机械设备

6.〈俚〉(牛羊身上打的)烙印

7.〈俚〉手枪,小枪

8.铁色

9.铁

10.(高尔夫球)铁头球棒

11.〈俚〉电脑硬件

1.铁的,铁制的

2.铁似的,坚强的,顽强的;巩固的;坚忍不拔的

3.严格的;冷酷无情的

1.烫(衣服等)

2.给...上脚镣手铐

3.给...装铁具

4.烫衣服

5.(衣服等)被烫平

1.a hard heavy metal that is a common element. It is used for making steel and is also used in many types of machine and building structures.; small quantities of iron, existing in some foods and in your body, which is important for good health

2.an object with a flat metal base that is heated and used for making clothes smooth

3.a golf club with a metal end for hitting the ball

4.chains put on the arms or legs of prisoners to prevent them from escaping

1.made of iron

2.very strong, strict, or severe; very determined

1.to push a heated iron across cloth or clothes to make them smooth