metallic element, 1812, Modern Latin, from Spanish platina "platinum," diminutive of plata "silver," from Old French plate or Old Proven?al plata "sheet of metal" (see plate (n.)). The metal looks like silver, and the Spaniards at first thought it an inferior sort of silver, hence the name platina. It was first obtained from Spanish colonies in Mexico and Colombia, brought to Europe in 1735, and identified as an element 1741. Taken into English as platina (c. 1750), it took its modern form (with element ending -ium) in 1812, at the time the names of elements were being regularized. As a shade of blond hair, attested from 1931. As a designation for a recording that has sold at least one million copies, it is attested from 1971.
雙語例句
1. I'll give her a platinum ring.
我打算送給她一枚白金戒指.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Platinum exceeds gold in value.
白金的價值高于黃金.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. Metals commonly mixed with gold are nickel, platinum, and copper.
通常與金混合的金屬有鎳 、 鉑和銅.
來自英語晨讀30分（高一）
4. The United States was vulnerable to shortages of chrome, bauxite, and platinum.
美國的弱點是缺少鉻 、 礬土和鉑.
來自辭典例句
5. A thermocouple made of platinum / platinumrhodium provides the accurate temperature sensing.