Steel

(noun.) knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod.

(noun.) an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range.

(verb.) cover, plate, or edge with steel.

(verb.) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant.

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• Three of the weapons struck against him, and splintered with as little effect as if they had been driven against a tower of steel. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The conductor from the hopper to the machine is made of two strips of steel, down which the pins, held by their heads, slide. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Small holes a few inches apart are cut along a certain length of rock, into which steel wedges are inserted. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He fired on it and he could hear the spang against the steel. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Catherine wore hobnailed boots and a cape and carried a stick with a sharp steel point. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• When the bed is finished, the strips are clamped with steel clamps, the turned-up ends of which firmly grip the sides of the bed, thus preventing warping or spreading. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Steel's Bayou empties into the Yazoo River between Haines' Bluff and its mouth. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But he had steeled himself. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I steeled myself against the delusion; the room itself was vacant: it was only prudent, I repeated to myself, to examine the rest of the house. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Her colour rose a little at the implication, but she steeled herself with a light laugh. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Her soul steeled itself with strength. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She looked so irresistibly beautiful as she said those brave words that no man alive could have steeled his heart against her. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• There was no buying of foundry iron by analysis, no high carbon steels, no fancy tool steels--nor any efficiency experts with their stop watches and scientific speed-and-feed tables. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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