n.

1. 铁；（食物中所含的）铁质[U]
   You're anemic, you must have some iron.

   你贫血，一定要吃些带铁质的食品。

2. 熨斗[C]
3. 刚强；毅力[U]
   There is more iron to her than I supposed.

   她比我原先想像的要坚强得多。

4. 【高尔夫】铁头球杆[C]
5. 镣铐[P]
   The prisoner was put in irons.

   这囚犯被戴上镣铐。

vt.

1. 用铁铸成；用铁包
2. 熨，烫平
   She's ironing his shirt.

   她在烫他的衬衫。

vi.

1. 熨衣，烫平

a.[B]

1. 铁的
2. 刚强的
   He is a man of iron self-control.

   他是一个有极强的自制能力的人。

3. 残酷的
   The people suffered under his iron rule.

   民众在他的暴虐统治下受苦受难。

n.

1. a strong, hard magnetic silvery-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 26, used in construction and manufacturing (especially as steel). (Symbol: Fe)
2. a tool or implement made of iron.
   ▸ (irons) fetters or handcuffs.
3. a hand-held implement with a heated flat steel base, used to smooth clothes and linen.
4. a golf club with an angled metal head used for lofting the ball.

v.

1. smooth (clothes) with an iron.
2. (iron something out) settle a difficulty or problem.