cast-iron

英 [ˌkɑːst ˈaɪən]

美 [ˌkæst ˈaɪərn]

adj.  铸铁制的; 有力的; 确实的; 确定不移的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 铸铁制的
  made of cast iron
  1. a cast-iron bridge
     铸铁桥
• 有力的；确实的；确定不移的
  very strong or certain; that cannot be broken or fail
  1. a cast-iron guarantee/promise
     永不反悔的保证；铁誓
  2. a cast-iron excuse/alibi
     有说服力的辩解；不在犯罪现场的确凿证据

英英释义

adj

• extremely robust
  1. an iron constitution
  Synonym:iron

双语例句

• A woman of great willpower He is a man of cast-iron will.
  意志非常坚强的女人他是一个意志刚强的人。
• He has a cast-iron alibi& he was in hospital the week of the murder.
  他有强有力的不在现场的证据&发生谋杀的那一周他在住院。
• The stepped cast-iron guideway is often adopted in heavy machine tool.
  阶梯式铸铁导轨是重型机床常采用的导轨形式。
• The lavish cast-iron ornamental work above the rounded tower was also meant to be functional.
  盛大的铸造铁花上面的圆形塔楼目的还在于发挥作用。
• Inside a Shenyang factory that once churned out tractors, workers scale down, pouring molten iron into molds to make cast-iron fences and gates.
  在沈阳一间过往生产牵引机的工厂内，工人把熔铁倒进模型，制作铸铁栏杆与大门。
• Some people like to brag that they have cast-iron stomachs.
  有些人总喜欢夸耀他们的胃口，说好得跟钢铸铁打的一般。
• They won't find him guilty. he's got a cast-iron defence.
  他们不会裁决他有罪。他的辩护无懈可击。
• What a man needs in gardening be a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.
  做园艺工作的人，得要有铸铁制的脊梁，再加上一道铰链。
• There is no cast-iron [ fixed] rule.
  没有一成不变的规则。
• He has a cast-iron stomach; he can eat anything.
  他有个（什么都消化得了的）铁胃，什么东西都能吃。