ormolu
英 ['ɔːməluː]
美 ['ɔrməlu]
ormolu 仿金铜，铜锡合金来自法语or moulu,仿金，镀金，来自or,金子，来自PIE*aus,金色，词源同aurora,ormolu.moulu,磨，磨碎，使软化，词源同mill,melt.用于指仿金铜，铜锡合金等。
- ormolu
- ormolu: see mill
- ormolu (n.)
- "alloy of copper, zinc, and tin, resembling gold," 1765, from French or moulu, literally "ground gold," from or "gold" (from Latin aurum, from PIE *aus- (2) "gold;" see aureate) + moulu "ground up," past participle of moudre "to grind," from Latin molere "to grind" (see mallet).
