fluorite

n. 萤石 [化] 萤石

发音

US /ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/
US /ˈflɔɹˌaɪt/

词形变化

fluorites 复数 fluorites

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.

    萤石

    氟石

    可数 不可数 化学 地质

    Near-synonym: calcium fluoride

    Fluorite is an important natural resource of Thailand.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

fluor fluorspar

上位词 1

mineral

部分词 4

f calcium CA fluorine

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite From fluor + -ite.

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