bronze
bronze — 名詞
1. a hard reddish-brown metal produced by mixing copper with tin.
青銅
銅與錫混成的金屬
a hard reddish-brown metal produced by mixing copper with tin.
The worker poured melted bronze into a stone mould for the bell.
工人把熔化的青銅倒進石模裡做鐘。
bronze as a material noun
Museum lights reflected off the bronze shield beside the king's sword.
博物館的燈光照在國王寶劍旁的青銅盾牌上。
Bao polished the bronze door handle until visitors could see their faces.
Bao 把青銅門把擦亮，亮到來客都能照見自己的臉。
Ancient traders carried bronze tools across the mountains on wooden carts.
古代商人用木車把青銅工具運過群山。
文法句型
made of bronze
cast in bronze
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when you mean the metal itself. Common after 'made of' or 'cast in' when naming what an object is formed from.
常見錯誤
2. a deep orange-brown shade with the look of old bronze.
銅褐色
像青銅的深橘褐色
a deep orange-brown shade with the look of old bronze.
The sunset turned the river a warm bronze before the storm arrived.
暴風雨來前，夕陽把河面染成溫暖的銅褐色。
turn + bronze
Hana chose bronze for the kitchen wall instead of pale yellow.
Hana 為廚房牆面選了銅褐色，而不是淡黃色。
choose bronze for + surface
By noon, the dry grass had faded from green to bronze.
到了中午，乾草已從綠色褪成銅褐色。
The artist mixed red and brown to get a soft bronze.
那位畫家把紅色和棕色混在一起，調出柔和的銅褐色。
- pale
describes a much lighter colour effect
文法句型
turn bronze
paint something bronze
用法筆記
Used mainly in design, painting, and descriptions of colour change. Distinguish from adjective sense 1, which directly describes a noun: 'bronze curtains'.
常見錯誤
3. a sculpture or similar art piece cast in bronze.
青銅雕
用青銅做成的雕塑作品
a sculpture or similar art piece cast in bronze.
Visitors stopped to sketch the bronze in the middle of the hall.
訪客停下來描畫大廳中央的那座青銅雕。
the bronze = bronze artwork
The gallery borrowed a bronze of a dancing horse from Rome.
畫廊從羅馬借來一尊馬兒跳舞的青銅雕像。
a bronze of + subject
Rain ran down the bronze in the museum courtyard all evening.
整個晚上，雨水沿著博物館庭院裡那座青銅雕往下流。
A small label beside the bronze named the artist and the year.
青銅雕旁的小牌子寫著藝術家姓名和年份。
文法句型
a bronze of somebody
display a bronze
用法筆記
Countable in museum and art-writing contexts. The word often names the finished work, not just the material it is made from.
常見錯誤
4. a medal, or the third-place result it represents, in a race or contest.
季軍；銅牌
第三名的獎牌或成績
a medal, or the third-place result it represents, in a race or contest.
Rohan won bronze in the school swim meet on Saturday.
Rohan 在週六的校內游泳賽拿下銅牌。
win bronze in + event
The relay team missed silver by one second and took bronze.
接力隊只差一秒就能拿銀牌，最後得了季軍。
take bronze
Noa hung the bronze beside her older sister's gold medal.
Noa 把那面銅牌掛在姊姊舊的金牌旁邊。
After two falls, the skater still earned a bronze.
即使跌倒兩次，那位滑冰選手還是拿到一面銅牌。
- bronze medal
full form that emphasizes the physical prize
- third place
focuses on the result rather than the medal
文法句型
win bronze
take a bronze
用法筆記
Often uncountable after verbs like 'win', 'take', and 'earn'. Use the countable form when the physical medal itself is the focus.
常見錯誤
bronze — 形容詞
1. having the dark orange-brown look of bronze.
古銅色的
呈現深橘褐色
having the dark orange-brown look of bronze.
The lamp gave her skin a bronze glow in the photo.
那盞燈讓她在照片裡的膚色帶著古銅色光澤。
bronze + glow
Diego bought bronze curtains to match the wooden floor.
Diego 買了古銅色的窗簾來搭配木地板。
bronze + noun
Under the evening sun, the clouds turned bronze and red.
在傍晚陽光下，雲層變成古銅色和紅色。
A bronze dress hung beside the black boots in the shop.
店裡一件古銅色的洋裝掛在黑靴旁邊。
- pale
describes a much lighter appearance
文法句型
bronze + noun
用法筆記
Most often comes before a noun in descriptions of clothes, light, skin, or decoration. Distinguish from noun sense 2 when the colour itself is named as a thing.
常見錯誤
bronze — 動詞
1. to make something look as if it were bronze, usually by colouring or coating it.
古銅化
使表面呈古銅色
to make something look as if it were bronze, usually by colouring or coating it.
The factory bronzed the metal frame before sending it to the shop.
工廠把金屬框做成仿青銅外觀後才送去店裡。
bronze + object
A thin spray bronzed the statue for the school play.
薄薄一層噴漆就把那座雕像噴成仿青銅外觀，拿來演學校話劇。
bronze by coating
The artist bronzed the vase so it matched the old mirror.
那位藝術家把花瓶做成仿青銅外觀，好跟舊鏡子相配。
Workers bronzed the sign to give the hotel entrance a richer look.
工人把招牌做成仿青銅效果，讓飯店入口更有質感。
- strip
to remove a surface layer rather than add one
文法句型
bronze + object
用法筆記
Takes a direct object such as a frame, statue, vase, or sign. This sense is about appearance or surface treatment, not about winning a medal or becoming tan.