filings
UKUS
GREA2
Definitions
n.
Tiny metal particles rubbed off by a file (rasp)
锉屑；金属碎屑
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedfilson, thread
+
-ingcontinuous / action of
+
-splural
=filings
From the verb file in the sense of 'scrape with a rasp' + -ings = the shavings produced. Note: this file is Germanic (Old English fēol, a metal tool), not the Latin fīlum 'thread' the slug is built on — a same-spelling coincidence.
Common Collocations
- 1.iron filings铁屑
- 2.metal filings金属碎屑
Example Sentences
- 1.
He swept up the iron filings from the workbench.
- 2.
Iron filings line up to show a magnet's field.