ironclad英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A ship, vessel, or vehicle with a covering of iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal.

— He turned again to the nearest land ironclad, advancing now obliquely to him and not three hundred yards away, and then scrambled the ground over which he must retreat if he was not to be captured.
An armor-plated warship, (especially) one preceding the invention of harveyized steel.

— About a couple of miles out lay an ironclad very low in the water, almost, to my brother's perception, like a water-logged ship. This was the ram Thunder Child.
A wooden warehouse with an outer skin of corrugated metal.

形容词 adj.

Covered with iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal; armor-plated.

— Unlike the average vehicle, cash delivery vans are ironclad and almost unstoppable.
Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable. figuratively

— The suspect had an ironclad alibi for his whereabouts on the night of the crime.
Rigorous; severe; exacting. figuratively

— an ironclad oath or pledge
Stubborn; inflexible. figuratively

— He is in his seventieth year, and has done work enough in his life to try the most ironclad constitution.

词形变化

more ironclad comparative most ironclad superlative ironclads plural

词汇关系

衍生词

ironclad beetle land ironclad

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
English iron
Proto-Indo-European *gley-der.
Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną
Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan
Old English clǣþan
Middle English clethen
Middle English clad
English clad
English ironclad
From iron + clad.

词源 2

Etymology tree
English iron
Proto-Indo-European *gley-der.
Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną
Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan
Old English clǣþan
Middle English clethen
Middle English clad
English clad
English ironclad
From iron + clad.