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).