Quicksilver
['kwɪksɪlvə] or ['kwɪk'sɪlvɚ]
解釋/意思:
(a.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.
哈蒂編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Mercury, hydrargyrum.
巴尔托迪編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Perhaps, however, if it were buried in quicksilver, it might preserve, for a considerable space of time, its vegetable life, its smell, and colour. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Quicksilver Bob he was called as a boy in Lancaster, because he used to buy all that metal he could for experiments. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- There was a factory in Lancaster where arms were being made for the Continental troops, and Quicksilver Bob was given the run of the place. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Every particle eludes the grasp by a new fraction; like quicksilver, when we endeavour to seize it. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- They obtained potash from wine lees, soda from sea-plants, and from quicksilver the mercuric ox ide which played so interesting a part in the later history of chemistry. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- She cleaved to him, and he could feel his blood changing like quicksilver. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The other day he was pretending to tap a man's brain and get quicksilver out of it. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
戴维斯整理