platinum
platinum — 名詞
1. a rare, expensive metal with a pale silver-grey colour, used especially in fine
鉑；白金
稀有昂貴的銀灰色金屬
a rare, expensive metal with a pale silver-grey colour, used especially in fine jewellery and in specialized equipment.
Nina chose a thin platinum ring for her wedding ceremony.
Nina 為婚禮選了一枚細版白金戒指。
platinum + jewellery noun
The lab kept the hot liquid in a small platinum dish.
實驗室把高溫液體放在一個小鉑皿裡。
platinum used in scientific equipment
A platinum wire inside the breath sensor kept each reading steady.
呼氣感測器裡的一條鉑絲讓每次讀數保持穩定。
The jeweller showed Mia a watch with a platinum case and blue face.
珠寶商拿給 Mia 看一只配有白金錶殼和藍色錶面的手錶。
At Queen Street Jewellers, platinum wedding bands cost more than gold ones.
在 Queen Street Jewellers，白金婚戒比黃金婚戒更貴。
uncountable metal name
- platinum ring
- platinum wire
- platinum dish
- made of platinum
- solid platinum
文法句型
made of platinum
platinum + noun
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when naming the metal itself. Before another noun, it often names the material, as in 'platinum ring' or 'platinum wire'.
常見錯誤
platinum — 形容詞
- platinumpositive
- more platinumcomparative
- most platinumsuperlative
1. used for a song, album, or other release that has sold enough copies for an offi
白金級的
唱片銷量達白金標準
used for a song, album, or other release that has sold enough copies for an official platinum award.
By July, the band's first album went platinum in South Korea.
到了七月，那個樂團的首張專輯已在南韓成為白金唱片。
pattern: go platinum
Her debut single turned platinum after months on the radio.
她的出道單曲在電台播了幾個月後達到白金級。
pattern: turn platinum
The label booked a dinner cruise after the single became platinum.
那首單曲成為白金唱片後，唱片公司訂了晚宴遊船慶祝。
A framed platinum album plaque still hangs on the studio wall.
錄音室牆上至今還掛著一面裱框的白金專輯獎牌。
attributive: platinum + album
Their second release was certified platinum before the world tour began.
他們的第二張作品在世界巡演開始前就獲得白金認證。
pattern: certified platinum
- go platinum
- turn platinum
- be certified platinum
- platinum album
- platinum single
- certified platinum
the fuller formal wording used in industry reports
- platinum-selling
a journalistic compound with the same basic meaning
- multi-platinum
stronger; means the release passed the platinum level more than once
文法句型
go platinum
be platinum
platinum + album/single/record
用法筆記
Used in music-sales contexts, not for general success. It most often appears after verbs like go, turn, become, or be certified, and before nouns like album, single, and record.