latten
/ˈlætən/
词源链
- trk-cmn-pro
*altun‘gold’
派生
- 英语English
latten
词源说明
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”).
释义
名词noun
- 1archaic or historicalAn 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.
- 2Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.
- 3Any metal in thin sheets.