Vitriol

['vɪtrɪəl] or ['vɪtrɪɑl]

解释:

(noun.) (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry.

(verb.) subject to bitter verbal abuse.

(verb.) expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol.

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解释:

(n.) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

(n.) Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric.

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解释:

n. the popular name of sulphuric acid: a soluble sulphate of a metal—green vitriol=sulphate of iron blue vitriol=sulphate of copper white vitriol=sulphate of zinc.—v.t. Vit′riolāte to convert into vitriol.—n. Vitriolā′tion the act or process of converting into vitriol.—adjs. Vitriol′ic pertaining to or having the qualities of vitriol: biting very severe; Vit′riolīsable.—n. Vitriolisā′tion.—v.t. Vit′riolise to vitriolate: to poison with vitriol.—Elixir of vitriol old name for the aromatic sulphuric acid of the Pharmacopœia; Oil of vitriol concentrated sulphuric acid.

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