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heavy metal

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌheavy ˈmetal noun  1. APM[uncountable] a type of rock music with a strong beat, played very loudly on electric guitars 重金属摇滚乐2. [countable] technicalT a metal that has a high density, such as gold, mercury, or lead. Many heavy metals are poisonous. 重金属
Examples from the Corpus
heavy metalA heavy metal vision of post-Thatcherism, maybe.Into most music except heavy metal, house, jazz and soul!Daeve Pope would have been in heavy metal heaven.I think there are a lot of gay people in heavy metal -- everywhere.Secondly, the band launched heavy metal hard man Ted Nugent, one of rock's more notable characters.The most successful title of this type is the heavy metal bible, Kerrang.
ˌheavy ˈmetal nounChineseSyllable
a type of a strong with Corpus rock music beat,


heavy metal
ˌheavy ˈmetal noun
1. [uncountable] a type of rock music with a strong beat, played very loudly on electric guitars
2. [countable] technical a metal that has a high density, such as gold, mercury, or lead. Many heavy metals are poisonous.


heavy metalBrE /ˌhevi ˈmetl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhevi ˈmetl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a type of rock music with a very strong beat played very loud on electric guitars 重金属摇滚乐 [countable] (specialist) a metal that has a very high density (= the relation of its weight to its volume), such as gold or lead2 (1) 重金属