| 单词 | magnet |
| 释义 | Related topics: Daily life, Technology, Physicsldoce_212_amag·net /ˈmæɡnɪt/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1. DTa piece of iron or steel that can stick to metal or make other metal objects move towards itself 磁铁；磁石，吸铁石 → magnetism →5 See picture of MAGNET 磁铁 →4 See picture of 见图 magnet2 ATTRACTsomething or someone that attracts many people or things 有吸引力的事物[人] → magnetismmagnet for The region has become a magnet for small businesses. 该地区已成为小企业落户的热点区域。attract/draw somebody/something like a magnet She drew men to her like a magnet. 她像吸铁石一样吸引着男人。babe/chick magnet informal (=a man who is attractive to women) 少女杀手；吸引女性的男人Examples from the Corpusmagnet• The centre of town seemed to draw them back like a magnet.• Most are attracted by the splendour of the city's colleges, but they also prove a magnet for organised crime.• The metal was a magnet that attracted people from all over the world.• Take care with the magnets by the way, as allowing them to snap together causes them to break.• This magnet for unwanted paper will fill up and overflow with monotonous regularity and should be abolished.• Ever notice what a visual magnet a mirror is?attract/draw somebody/something like a magnet• The sudden warmth, meagre though it was, drew Isabel like a magnet.• A place for all kinds of wildlife to stop off and drink, it will attract them like a magnet.Origin magnet (1400-1500) Old French magnete, from Latin magnes, from Greek magnes (lithos) “(stone) of Magnesia”, ancient city in Turkeymag·net nounChineseSyllable steel iron of stick piece or a that can Corpus |
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