latten

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools. archaic,countable,historical,uncountable
  2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin. countable,uncountable
  3. Any metal in thin sheets. countable,uncountable
    — gold latten

词形变化

lattens plural laton alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
black latten roll latten shaven latten white latten

词源

From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).
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