platinum

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
发音 plăt'ĭn-əm

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value. countable,uncountable
  2. A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal. countable,uncountable
  3. A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million. countable
  4. A platinum-based drug: a platin. countable,ellipsis,sometimes
动词 v.
  1. To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).
    — I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal. not-comparable
  2. Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums). not-comparable
  3. Very expensive, or of very high quality. figuratively,not-comparable
    — We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.

词形变化

platinums plural platinums present,singular,third-person platinuming participle,present platinumed participle,past platinumed past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us
Proto-Hellenic *plətús
Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor.
Vulgar Latin *plattusder.
Spanish plata
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Spanish -ina
Spanish platina
English -um
English platinum
From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us
Proto-Hellenic *plətús
Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor.
Vulgar Latin *plattusder.
Spanish plata
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Spanish -ina
Spanish platina
English -um
English platinum
From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us
Proto-Hellenic *plətús
Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús)bor.
Vulgar Latin *plattusder.
Spanish plata
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Spanish -ina
Spanish platina
English -um
English platinum
From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
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