a hard shiny metal used especially as a layer that protects another metal; chromium or an alloy of chromium and other metals 铬；铬合金 glittering modern buildings of chrome, steel and glass 闪闪发光的铬，钢和玻璃现代建筑
Oxford Collocations DictionaryChrome is used before these nouns:- faucet
- finish
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Greek khrōma ‘colour’ (some chromium compounds having brilliant colours).