Ether
['iːθə] or ['iθɚ]
解释:
(noun.) a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.
(noun.) a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
(noun.) any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom.
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解释:
(n.) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.
(n.) Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.
(n.) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.
(n.) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether.
手打:旺达
解释:
n. the clear upper air: the subtile medium supposed to fill all space: a colourless transparent volatile liquid of great mobility and high refractive power and possessing a fragrant odour and a fiery passing to a cooling taste.—adj. Ethē′real consisting of ether: heavenly: airy: spirit-like.—n. Etherealisā′tion.—v.t. Ethē′realise to convert into ether or the fluid ether: to render spirit-like.—n. Ethereal′ity.—adv. Ethē′really.—adj. Ethē′reous (Milt.) ethereal.—n. Etherificā′tion.—adj. E′theriform.—n. Etherisā′tion.—v.t. E′therise to convert into ether: to stupefy with ether.—n. E′therism the condition induced by using ether.
校对:弗恩
娱乐性解释：
One of the world's three great composers—the others being Gas and Chloroform—whose airs are popular among the suffering.
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例句:
- A refrigerating chamber _b_, submerged in the water, is charged internally with some volatile liquid, such as ether. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- But to avoid taxation it must be rendered unfit for drinking by the addition of such unpalatable substances as wood alcohol, pyridin, benzola, sulphuric ether or animal oil. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The ether must be distinguished from the air, for science means by it a medium which exists everywhere and is to be regarded as permeating all space and all matter. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Professor Hertz proved in 1888 that a spark, or disruptive discharge of electricity, caused electro-magnetic waves to radiate away in all directions through the ether. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- He got a quart of ether and started to boil it over a naked flame. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Ether as a chemical product has been known for several centuries, and as early as 1818 Faraday pointed out the similarity between the effects of ether and nitrous oxide gas. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- It is said on the highest authority that in the Crimean War chloroform was administered 25,000 times without a single death, and ether is even safer than chloroform. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- By vaporisation, water, ether, sulphuric acid, ammonia, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Ether is less dangerous, but its administration is more difficult and disagreeable. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- This is a solution of pyroxilin in ether and alcohol, which rapidly evaporates and leaves a thin film adhering to the glass. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Besides its use as an explosive, gun cotton when dissolved in ether has found an important application as collodion in the art of photography. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Professor Hertz had used a simple form of apparatus to obtain his free ether waves. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Liston, an eminent English surgeon, performed the operation of amputating the thigh while the patient was under the influence of ether. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Great care must be observed when ether and benzine are used. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Even lozenges and pastilles are not free from fraud, but have a goodly proportion of narcotics, containing in some cases chloroform, morphine, and ether. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
整理:李奥娜