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uranium

noun
🔊/juˈreɪniəm/
🔊/juˈreɪniəm/
 [uncountable]
(symbol U)
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  1. a chemical element. Uranium is a heavy, silver-white, radioactive metal, used mainly in producing nuclear energy.铀（放射性化学元素）
    • a tonne of highly enriched uranium一吨高纯度浓缩铀
    Topics Physics and chemistryc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • natural
    • enriched
    • depleted
    • …
    verb + uranium
    • mine
    • produce
    • recover
    • …
    uranium + noun
    • deposits
    • ore
    • reserves
    • …
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Uranus: compare with tellurium.