Sulphur
['sʌlfə]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) treat with sulphur in order to preserve; 'These dried fruits are sulphured'.
卡洛斯錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.
手打:西尔维亚
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Brimstone.[2]. [An abbreviated term of commerce.] Flowers of sulphur, sublimed brimstone.
杰弗里整理
解釋/意思:
n. a yellow mineral substance very brittle fusible and inflammable: brimstone.—n. Sul′phate a salt formed by sulphuric acid with a base.—v.t. to form a deposit of lead sulphate on.—adj. Sulphat′ic.—ns. Sul′phatile native sulphuric acid; Sul′phide a combination of sulphur with a metal; Sul′phite a salt formed by sulphurous acid.—v.t. Sul′phūrāte to combine with or subject to the action of sulphur.—ns. Sulphūrā′tion the act or operation of subjecting to the action of sulphur or sulphurous acid; Sulphurā′tor an apparatus for sulphurating.—adj. Sulphū′rēous consisting of containing or having the qualities of sulphur.—adv. Sulphū′reously.—ns. Sulphū′reousness; Sul′phūret a combination of sulphur with an alkali earth or metal.—adjs. Sul′phūretted having sulphur in combination; Sulphū′ric pertaining to or obtained from sulphur: denoting a certain well-known strong acid formerly called oil of vitriol; Sul′phūrous pertaining to resembling or containing sulphur: denoting the pungent acid given out when sulphur is burned in air; Sul′phury partaking of the qualities of sulphur.—Sulphuretted hydrogen a compound of sulphur and hydrogen stinking and noxious; Sulphurous acid an acid formed by one equivalent of sulphur combined with two of oxygen.
克劳德特錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of sulphur, warns you to use much discretion in your dealings, as you are threatened with foul play. To see sulphur burning, is ominous of great care attendant upon your wealth. To eat sulphur, indicates good health and consequent pleasure.
欧内斯廷編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- On June 15, 1844, Mr. Goodyear took out his celebrated patent, No. 3,633, covering this process, in which he not only used sulphur, but added a proportion of white lead. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- These Instantaneous Lights are made without sulphur, consequently the disagreeable smell of the common Lucifer is avoided. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- He concluded that anything which could be created indefinitely by a process of friction could not be a substance, such as sulphur or hydrogen, but must be a mode of motion. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Vulcanization is simply the heating of the rubber mixed with sulphur--this causes a chemical change in the substance; it becomes tougher, more elastic and less affected by heat and cold. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Gunpowder consists of about 75 parts of saltpetre (nitrate of potash), 15 of charcoal, and 10 of sulphur, the proportions varying somewhat with the use to which it is to be applied. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The walls of the ditch were brilliant with yellow banks of sulphur and with lava and pumice-stone of many colors. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He also proposed to use vulcanised rubber, thus utilising the then very recent discovery of Goodyear of mixing sulphur with soft rubber, and to apply the same to the canvas lining. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- I was in the dark-room, where I had a lot of chloride of sulphur, a very corrosive liquid. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Sulphur affected the color and substance. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- A strip of copper and a strip of zinc are placed in a glass containing dilute sulphuric acid, a solution composed of oxygen, hydrogen, sulphur, and water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Objects, such as furniture, which cannot be boiled, are disinfected by the use of any one of several chemicals, such as sulphur, carbolic acid, chloride of lime, corrosive sublimate, etc. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The art of compounding it was concealed at Constantinople with the greatest care, but it appears that naphtha, sulphur and nitre entered into its composition. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This class of foods contains carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and in addition, two substances not found in carbohydrates or fats--namely, sulphur and nitrogen. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- He held in his hand a mass of his compound of sulphur and gum, upon which he was expatiating in his usual vehement manner, the company exhibiting the indifference to which he was accustomed. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The splints are collected into bundles of one thousand, and each end having been dipped into melted sulphur, they are divided in the middle by a circular saw. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
錄入:斯蒂芬妮