No. 4,998 in Chinese
金属
Metal.
In a sentence
金属是现代工业的重要组成部分。
Metals are an important component of modern industry.
Here, '金属' (metals) is used as a noun to represent materials comprising metallic elements.
这个装置由几种不同的金属制成。
This device is made from several different metals.
In this sentence, '金属' refers to the constituents of the device, emphasizing the material composition.
铁是常见的金属之一，具有磁性。
Iron is one of the common metals and possesses magnetic properties.
The term '金属' is again a noun and highlights the category to which iron belongs, describing its physical property of magnetism.
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