【iron音标】 英[ˈaɪən] 美[ˈaɪərn]
【单词释义】 iron是什么意思：
n.铁器，铁制品；熨斗，烙铁；坚强；脚镣
adj.铁制的，含铁的；坚强的，顽强的；残酷的；坚忍不拔的
vt.熨烫；给…上脚镣手铐；给…装铁具；用铁铸成
vi.熨衣；被烫平
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] irons [第三人称单数] irons
[单词现在分词] ironing
[单词过去式] ironed
[单词过去分词] ironed
【iron形近词/近似词】
baron n.男爵；大亨，巨头
patron n.赞助人，资助人；顾客，老主顾
electron n.[物理学]电子
apron n.围裙
environ vt.环绕；包围；围住
neutron n.[物]中子
【单词例句】
◇ It was really a wonderful light. It seemed to the little girl that she was sitting by a large iron stove, with polished brass feet and a brass ornament.
多美的光啊。小姑娘觉得自己象坐在一个大火炉旁边，铁炉镶有铮亮的黄铜花边和底座。
◇ This faithful Harry had been very unhappy when his master was changed into a frog. His hear almost burst with sorrow. So he fastened three iron bands round his heart.
当他的主人被变成青蛙时，忠实的哈利非常不开心。他的心因悲伤而几乎崩裂。所以他用３条铁片捆住他的心。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ But only 14% of plastic packaging is collected for recycling. The reuse rate is terrible compared to other materials -- 58% of paper and up to 90% of iron and steel gets recycled.
但是，全球只有14%的塑料袋得以回收利用。纸张再用率为58%，而钢铁的循环使用率可高达90%，相较于这些资源，塑料的再使用情况则相当糟糕。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Though it is actually gray-blue limestone, the surface of the cliff has been stained to a sunset hue by iron salts washing out of the rocks.
虽然它实际上是灰蓝色的石灰石，但是从岩石里渗出的铁盐却把悬崖表面染上了晚霞般的色彩。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ As I thought about him while I was ironing one evening, it suddenly occurred to me that I, too, would like to have a wife. Why do I want a wife?
有天晚上烫衣服时，想着这位仁兄的近况，我突发奇想，也想找个妻子。为什么要找妻子呢？我为什么希望有个老婆呢？
---- I Want a Wife