Mercury
['mɜːkjərɪ] or ['mɝkjəri]
['mɝkjəri]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; 'the mercury was falling rapidly'.
(noun.) the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun.
(noun.) (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes.
(noun.) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
康妮手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.
(n.) A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /.
(n.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles.
(n.) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper.
(n.) Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.
(n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe.
(v. t.) To wash with a preparation of mercury.
丹尼尔編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Quicksilver.
希拉里校對
解釋/意思:
n. the god of merchandise and eloquence and the messenger of the gods: the planet nearest the sun: a white liquid metal also called quicksilver: the column of mercury in a thermometer or barometer: a messenger: a newspaper.—adj. Mercū′rial having the qualities said to belong to the god Mercury: active: sprightly: often changing: of or pertaining to trade: containing or consisting of mercury—also Mercū′ric.—v.t. Mercū′rialise (med.) to affect with mercury: to expose to the vapour of mercury.—n. Mercū′rialist.—adv. Mercū′rially.—n. Mercurificā′tion.—v.t. Mercū′rify.—adj. Mer′cūrous.
卡莱尔編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of mercury, is significant of unhappy changes through the constant oppression of enemies. For a woman to be suffering from mercurial poison, foretells she will be deserted by and separated from her family.
卡洛琳手打
例句/造句/用法:
- The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Now it is known that one cubic inch of mercury weighs about half a pound. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Mercury has announced Mr. Rouncewell, which is the cause of her appearance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- When the gas cock is closed, the mercury stands at the same level in both arms, but when the cock is opened, the gas whose pressure is being measured forces the mercury up the opposite arm. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- When the first lamp-works were started at Menlo Park, one of my experiments seemed to show that hot mercury gave a better vacuum in the lamp than cold mercury. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is true he is heavier than mercury. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- This process is best adapted to what are known as free milling or porous ores, where the gold is free and very fine and is attracted readily by mercury. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The air in the long arm is pressing upon the mercury in that arm, and is tending to force it up the short arm. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- She's a lovely woman, too, she really is, says Mr. Bucket, coming back to Mercury. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I carried out this idea, and made every man take a dose every day, but there was great opposition, and hot mercury was finally abandoned. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I had a series of vacuum-pumps worked by mercury and used for exhausting experimental incandescent lamps. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Pour mercury into the tube until the difference in level _bd_ is just equal to the barometric height, approximately 32 inches. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- And she rings for Mercury to show the young man of the name of Guppy out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As the water becomes warmer and warmer the level of the mercury in the tube steadily rises until the water boils, when the level remains stationary (Fig. 9). 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- In the latter case a difference of three inches in the column of mercury was shown at the summit and base of the ascent. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Directing the pitching of the chair in an affable and easy manner, Mr. Bucket dismisses the Mercuries and locks the door again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
黛博拉編輯