crucible

FREQ #32226

n. 坩锅, 严酷的考验 [化] 坩埚

发音

US /ˈkɹuː.sɪ.bəl/

词形变化

crucibles 复数 crucibles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.

    坩埚

    化学
  2. 2.

    A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.

    坩埚

  3. 3.

    The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.

  4. 4.

    A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

melting pot

上位词 1

vessel

相关短语

crucible steel [机] 坩埚钢 crucible steels Hessian crucible [化] 砂坩埚 Gooch crucible [化] 古氏坩埚 [医] 古奇氏坩埚

词源

From Latin crucibulum (“night-lamp, metallurgic melting-pot”), apparently a derivative of crux (“cross”), perhaps by analogy to thūribulum (“censer”) and suffix -bulum, or from crucio (“to torment”).

来源：wiktionary