ormolu
英 ['??m?lu?]
美['?rm?lu]
- n. [化工] 鍍金物；鋅青鋼
中文詞源
ormolu 仿金銅，銅錫合金
來自法語or moulu,仿金，鍍金，來自or,金子，來自PIE*aus,金色，詞源同aurora,ormolu.moulu,磨，磨碎，使軟化，詞源同mill,melt.用于指仿金銅，銅錫合金等。
英文詞源
- ormolu
- ormolu: see mill
- ormolu (n.)
- "alloy of copper, zinc, and tin, resembling gold," 1765, from French or moulu, literally "ground gold," from or "gold" (from Latin aurum, from PIE *aus- (2) "gold;" see aureate) + moulu "ground up," past participle of moudre "to grind," from Latin molere "to grind" (see mallet).
