Tra từ iron - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a paracetamol/quinine/iron etc tablet
▪ She's on iron tablets for her anaemia.
a stone/wooden/iron bridge
▪ The iron bridge was built in 1811.
a wooden/iron/wrought-iron gate
▪ Their way was barred by huge wrought-iron gates.
an iron will (also a will of iron) (= an extremely strong will)
▪ Her unassuming manner concealed an iron will.
an iron/vice-like grip (=a very strong grip)
▪ Victor took hold of her wrist in an iron grip.
branding iron
cast iron
do the shopping/cleaning/ironing/cooking etc
▪ Who does the cooking in your family?
fire iron
grappling iron
Iron Age
Iron Curtain, the
iron foundry
▪ an iron foundry
iron lung
iron rations
ironing board
iron/vitamin etc deficiency
▪ Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency in their diet.
leg irons
metal/steel/iron plates
▪ The shoes had metal plates attached to the heels.
pig iron
seam of coal/iron etc
soldering iron
steam iron
steel/iron/wooden etc rod
▪ The walls are reinforced with steel rods.
the Iron Age (=the period of time, about 3,000 years ago, when iron was first used for making tools, weapons etc)
waffle iron
wrought iron
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
cast
▪ The first telephone boxes were designed by Sir Giles Scott in 1935, they were made of cast iron.
▪ They're shipping out cast iron baths, washbasins and tiles to the Land of the Rising Sun.
▪ Left: Combine heating and cooking with traditional cast iron stove style.
▪ Anyone want a cast iron bath?
▪ Built in 1836-9, it weighs 1,700t, holds 940t of water and is the largest cast iron aqueduct in the world.
▪ Columns of cast iron doubled as drainpipes and supports for the ceiling, which had domed skylights.
▪ It replaces two ole cast iron systems and will significantly increase production.
▪ Repairing leaks in cast iron gutters Remove the old gutter bolt.
corrugated
▪ Their planking was patched with corrugated iron, their roofs shingled with flattened tin cans.
▪ From then on, Stafford Road was flanked by a long black corrugated iron fence.
▪ Instead I was directed to a three-roomed brick house with corrugated iron roofing.
▪ Refurbished on a budget of £20, the shop is kitted out with old tyres, corrugated iron and scaffolding.
▪ A ground party was immediately organised to manhandle the aircraft on to sheets of corrugated iron positioned on the tarmac.
▪ I fancied that except for a few corrugated iron roofs it still looked the same as when he had been here.
▪ The mill still stands and is a curious mixture of brick, elm, slate and corrugated iron.
▪ Instead, they are either covered with a corrugated iron roof or are in the street.
hot
▪ The blood from my wound ran over my back and chest, and the knife seemed to burn like hot iron.
▪ In order for this separation to have taken place, the interior must have become hot enough for iron to melt.
▪ This involved either burning the skin over the tendon, or inserting red hot iron pins into the tendon itself.
▪ It will pay to have a tough template for cutting by scalpel, hot iron or roller-cutter.
▪ In general, designers no longer work with a heap of transistors and a hot soldering iron.
▪ He tried to scream the name but his throat felt as if it had been cauterized with a hot iron.
old
▪ The candlelight revealed that the room was packed with old iron bathtubs which were full of wooden rocking horses.
▪ Shreds of plastic, old iron, glass, animal bones littered both sides of the path.
▪ An old galvanised iron cistern is liable to spring a leak eventually.
▪ His head must have fallen almost directly on top of one of the tall spikes that surmounted the old iron rail.
▪ Eventually, though, old cast iron systems will need repair.
▪ As we swept down to the seam in the old iron lift we all grabbed each other's hands in simultaneous panic.
▪ Getting rid of PAHs requires the replacement of old cast iron mains lined with coal tar paper.
wrought
▪ The wrought iron gate, as usual, was open and he parked in front of the house.
▪ Each side has a cast iron arch in 7 segments from which the iron trough is hung by 35 wrought iron rods.
▪ Steel, however, rusts much more quickly than wrought iron.
▪ Decorative projecting bricks, alcoves, wrought iron gates, and so on, are a security risk.
▪ There was a fancy grille like a wrought iron gate at the rear end of the dash under the stairs.
▪ Gates gone: Tyneside police are investigating a spate of thefts of wrought iron garden gates.
▪ The stained-glass windows inside, and the black wrought iron and living or artificial flowers outside, contribute vivid accents.
▪ Stripped floorboards teamed up with rattan furniture and wrought iron gives a look that complements.
NOUN
age
▪ It was found in what was a pool in the iron age.
▪ The Barbarians were knocking about in the late bronze age and iron age.
▪ Madsebakke - unique iron Age rock carvings.
bar
▪ All the ground floor windows were fitted with iron bars, a sufficient deterrent for the average break-and-enter boys.
▪ Dignified old rowhouses on historic Mount Vernon Square were marred by iron bars on their windows.
▪ A somewhat different system simulated the effect of momentarily jamming an iron bar across the terminals in the substation.
▪ A heavy iron bar lay on the floor beside my left hand.
▪ And no sign of chains or a whip or iron bars.
▪ The windows are guarded with iron bars, those on the lower floors viciously spiked to keep out thieves.
▪ A framework of iron bars is placed across the top and this supports fine mesh netting.
▪ They ceased to be fortresses protected by strong doors and iron bars and became elegant shops with windows in place of grilles.
bridge
▪ The floodwater, carrying branches and driftwood, was over the roadway on the curved iron bridge.
▪ Called Tickford Bridge, it is said to be the oldest iron bridge in Britain still in constant use.
chain
▪ The huge beast strained at the great iron chain clasped to the collar round its neck.
▪ Frederick's bed is said to be still in the palace, hanging from iron chains.
▪ The prisoners wore handcuffs, and iron chains on their legs.
▪ On the floor beside her was a convict's iron chain.
▪ I felt sure the iron chain belonged to my convict, but I did not think he had attacked my sister.
▪ Above it, hanging from an old iron chain, hung a bevelled mirror.
▪ He was dressed in grey, too, and had an iron chain on his leg.
deficiency
▪ Crohn's disease is often associated with iron deficiency anaemia.
▪ Ten patients had died all unrelated to the iron deficiency anaemia.
▪ Therefore sigmoidoscopy should be mandatory as part of the investigation of patients with iron deficiency anaemia.
▪ The need for sigmoidoscopy in patients with obscure iron deficiency anaemia is contentious.
▪ This survey also allowed us to analyse the usefulness of investigations in iron deficiency anaemia in outpatients.
▪ The need to investigate the colon in outpatients referred with iron deficiency anaemia has not previously been assessed.
▪ Severe erosive oesophagitis may be a cause of iron deficiency anaemia but hiatus hernia alone seems unlikely to cause iron deficiency anaemia.
fist
▪ Nowadays we need the iron fist of policing in order that we might sleep soundly in our beds.
▪ Ace swung round, her gauntlets curled into iron fists.
▪ The protuberance under her fingers felt soft and hard at the same time, an iron fist in a velvet glove.
foundry
▪ Along the length of the railway line were timber yards, rope works, maltings and an iron foundry.
▪ Livings was their architect for the iron foundry at Stockton, which John now had ideas of enlarging.
▪ They also make more noise than two iron foundries having a fight.
gate
▪ Within a dozen yards, I came to a set of iron gates closing off the steps east of the high altar.
▪ An ornate iron gate presided over its entrance.
▪ They walked towards the tall iron gates of the school.
▪ The wrought iron gate, as usual, was open and he parked in front of the house.
▪ Each house had an iron gate and a short tiled path up to the front door.
▪ I awoke to find myself still standing before the water-colour painting of the curled iron gate.
▪ Decorative projecting bricks, alcoves, wrought iron gates, and so on, are a security risk.
▪ At the entrance to the driveway were large iron gates.
grip
▪ She was just about to call out when she felt the iron grip of an arm clasped round her throat.
▪ So although Milosevic s iron grip over Kosovo was an embarrassment for the West, it was a convenience too.
hand
▪ Its political platform is brief: the iron hand against Communism to save private enterprise.
▪ This theology slipped over the iron hand of the capitalist market like a silk glove.
▪ Smith said that Coleman was a dictator and monopolist, ruling with an iron hand in military and civil life.
▪ The iron hand of the Conservative administration's first 5 years gave way to sermons on personal responsibility.
leg
▪ From now on, these items will be included in the existing export ban of leg irons, shackles and gang chains.
▪ Only the eerie tinkle of leg irons and shouted commands break the silence.
▪ Prohibited items should include gallows and leg irons.
▪ The first man picked up the end and threaded it through the loop on his leg iron.
▪ There they had spent fourteen days in solitary confinement, chained in heavy leg irons and fed only on dry rice.
▪ The leg irons of the white prisoners inside were clattering.
lung
▪ Hospitals often grouped iron lungs in the open space around the nurses' station or even in view in the hallways.
▪ Encased in iron lungs, tortured victims vainly chased slumber through long, fitful nights.
▪ Ideally, hospitals provided each iron lung patient a single nurse, but few hospitals could manage that, especially during epidemics.
▪ When possible, nurses took patients out of their iron lungs for bathing and cleaning.
ore
▪ Many of the ships also carried iron ore.
▪ Supplies of the raw material, iron ore, changed.
▪ The greater abundance of iron ores over those of copper also meant that iron was more readily obtainable and cheaper.
▪ These ironworks were built in 173 6 and were worked for 130 years, exploiting local iron ore deposits.
▪ The iron and steel industry of Rotherham exists because long ago iron ore was mined locally as well as coal.
▪ Most of this local iron ore was mined from shallow pits and from adits dug into the valley sides.
▪ Here there are thick deposits of iron ore near the base of some rocks of oolitic limestone which are of Jurassic age.
▪ The iron ore is easily extracted by quarrying with giant excavators.
oxide
▪ One of the most popular has been carnelian, which owes its reddish colour to the presence of iron oxide.
▪ The gas was to reduce iron oxide to make iron which could later be fed to a steel works.
▪ Rust, iron oxide, is weak mechanically although its chemical bonds are strong.
▪ Traditionally, iron oxide is converted to the metal in a blast furnace.
▪ This coloration shows the presence of iron oxides.
▪ Mineralisation within the nodules consists of uranium, vanadium and iron oxides with base metal sulphides.
railing
▪ Terrified, Mildred backed away and crashed into something hard, which seemed to be a huge iron railing towering above her.
▪ He paused when he saw her by the iron railings that separated mown lawn from pasture.
▪ The cottage still has a panel of slender iron railings in front.
▪ She could see the iron railings of the park, the glitter of wet pavement.
▪ The hideous iron railings round the tombs of the more opulent dead were intended to protect them against the depredations of body-snatchers.
▪ The iron railings were so dusty, they looked grey, not black.
▪ Nightshade House was separated from the street by a flagged courtyard, the general approach defended by iron railings.
▪ The Mount was a shadow in the air and the iron railings along the promenade dripped globules of moisture.
rod
▪ Each side has a cast iron arch in 7 segments from which the iron trough is hung by 35 wrought iron rods.
▪ It led to the birth of the jumper a slender iron rod with a chisel-end forged by the mine smiths.
steam
▪ I have one rule - I never use a steam iron on my lace jumpers.
▪ It is the vapour tank that is the key to the machine's alleged superiority over other steam irons.
▪ Throwaway society Over the last year, I have had to replace my steam iron and hairdryer that had both developed faults.
▪ The old cracked mug, the steam iron, odd pieces of cutlery and the reading lamp.
▪ I could not live without a steam iron, or an electric kettle.
VERB
pump
▪ And keeping in shape with her is a lot better than pumping iron.
▪ Before I met her I used to pump iron.
▪ They pump iron for hours every morning.
▪ Yes, even his face was muscular, as though he pumped iron with his ears.
▪ In any case, farmer's boys have no time to make hay before they are pumping iron not milk.
strike
▪ Maybe he would even mount a punitive expedition tonight, striking while the iron was hot, and all that.
▪ So, it should strike while the iron is hot and go to the country as soon as possible.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
clap sb in prison/jail/irons
galvanized iron/metal etc
iron out the wrinkles
pump iron
▪ And keeping in shape with her is a lot better than pumping iron.
▪ Before I met her I used to pump iron.
▪ In any case, farmer's boys have no time to make hay before they are pumping iron not milk.
▪ They pump iron for hours every morning.
▪ Yes, even his face was muscular, as though he pumped iron with his ears.
rule sb with an iron fist/hand
rule sb/sth with a rod of iron
strike while the iron is hot
▪ Don't wait until tomorrow before you tell him, strike while the iron is hot!
▪ So, it should strike while the iron is hot and go to the country as soon as possible.
the Iron Age
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ iron ore
▪ a window with iron bars on it
▪ My doctor said I need more iron in my diet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He kept her prisoner in her own home and threatened to electrocute her on a sunbed and burn her with an iron.
▪ Prohibited items should include gallows and leg irons.
▪ Start with a five-hundred pound piece of cast iron sitting on the floor.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
out
▪ It's about time he got his six iron out for a birdie.
▪ Frequent face-to-face meetings iron out any problems and come up with interface and process improvements.
▪ The finer details of the proposals from Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine still have to be ironed out.
▪ And because the band went into a rehab center to iron out its differences, rumors spread about drug use.
▪ Although the first generation of women priests had to fight to assert their identity, those problems have been ironed out.
▪ The briefing indicated that the two sides still have substantial differences to iron out.
▪ Most of the notorious grade anomalies have been ironed out and the colour photos should whet people's appetites.
▪ As it happened, the resolution of this issue never really reached the stage of the researchers ironing out their differences.
NOUN
problem
▪ If something doesn't happen it's your responsibility to iron any problems out.
▪ Frequent face-to-face meetings iron out any problems and come up with interface and process improvements.
▪ They know exactly who can help you buy a train ticket, who can iron away which problem.
shirt
▪ Diana was so chummy with him she even used to iron his shirts.
▪ Margaret had ironed me some shirts and draped them over a clothes-horse in the hail.
▪ Well, he can iron his best shirts.
▪ As the neatly ironed shirt billows out a special effect signifies the effects of Bold.
▪ Do you want to iron his shirts for 50 years?
VERB
wash
▪ I wished for a new dress as I washed and ironed my old yellow home-made mini for the hundredth time.
▪ Saturdays and she was tired and worn out with the cleaning, shopping, washing, ironing.
▪ Encourage residents to wash and iron their clothes where their eyesight and co-ordination are good.
▪ The following afternoon he struggled into the white loons, which he had washed and ironed himself.
▪ All washing and ironing is outsourced.
▪ She was soon taking in washing and ironing, the time-honored work of black women.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
galvanized iron/metal etc
iron out the wrinkles
the Iron Age
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I need to iron a few shirts for my trip.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But he conceded that there were some kinks to iron out.
▪ She ironed their tiny strips of white embroidered cuffs and collars herself, and sewed them on fresh nearly every day.
▪ The finer details of the proposals from Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine still have to be ironed out.
III. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
fist
▪ But he offered not only an iron fist to Hanoi there was a velvet glove also.
hand
▪ Privileges and prerogatives are revoked; the iron hand of supervisory control is brought to bear.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
clap sb in prison/jail/irons
iron out the wrinkles
pump iron
▪ And keeping in shape with her is a lot better than pumping iron.
▪ Before I met her I used to pump iron.
▪ In any case, farmer's boys have no time to make hay before they are pumping iron not milk.
▪ They pump iron for hours every morning.
▪ Yes, even his face was muscular, as though he pumped iron with his ears.
rule sb with an iron fist/hand
rule sb/sth with a rod of iron
strike while the iron is hot
▪ Don't wait until tomorrow before you tell him, strike while the iron is hot!
▪ So, it should strike while the iron is hot and go to the country as soon as possible.
the Iron Age
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ iron discipline
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But he offered not only an iron fist to Hanoi there was a velvet glove also.
▪ He lay on his narrow iron bed, whose cheap cotton slip was decorated with repeated figures of Donald Duck.
▪ New Labour is itself a product of the iron cage.
▪ She went quickly; by afternoon, she was in the iron lung and she died the next morning.
▪ The addition of iron oxide produced a darker brown colour in the glaze under reducing conditions.
▪ This is a fast-paced, heartwarming story of a huge iron man who emerges from the sea to terrify the neighborhood.
▪ This is because the center of gravity of the hammer is in the iron part.
▪ Those that had iron gratings locked them across the plate glass.

iron

I. i‧ron¹ S2 W3 /ˈaɪən $ ˈaɪərn/ noun
[Language : Old English; Origin : isern, iren]
1. METAL [UNCOUNTABLE]a common hard metal that is used to make steel, is magnetic, and is found in very small quantities in food and blood. It is a chemical element: symbol Fe:
　 ▪ the iron and steel industry
　 ▪ a driveway with large iron gates
　 ▪ iron ore (=rock that contains iron)
　 ▪ the absorption of iron from food ⇨ wrought iron, cast iron

2.
FOR CLOTHES [COUNTABLE]a thing used for making clothes smooth, which has a heated flat metal base

3. have several irons in the fire
to be involved in several different activities or have several plans all happening at the same time:
　 ▪ He has several economic irons in the fire, including gold and diamond mines.

4.
SPORT [COUNTABLE]a golf club made of metal rather than wood:
　 ▪ a 5-iron

5. CHAINS irons [PLURAL] especially literary a chain used to prevent a prisoner from moving:
　 ▪ leg irons
⇨ a will of iron/an iron will at will²(1), ⇨ pump iron at pump²(8), ⇨ rule somebody/something with a rod of iron at rule²(5), ⇨ strike while the iron’s hot at strike¹(27)

II. iron² S3 verb [TRANSITIVE]
to make clothes smooth using an iron SYN press:
　 ▪ Have you ironed my shirt?
⇨ ironing
iron something ↔ out phrasal verb
to solve or get rid of problems or difficulties, especially small ones:
　 ▪ We need to iron out a few problems first.

III. iron³ adjective [ONLY BEFORE NOUN]
very firm and strong or determined:
　 ▪ He runs the company with an iron fist.