liquid

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n. 液体, 流体, 流音 a. 液体的, 透明的, 明亮的, 流动的, 易变的

发音

US /ˈlɪk.wɪd/

词形变化

liquids 复数 liquids more liquid 比较级 most liquid 最高级

别名

liq.

教材释义与例句

名词

液体,流体;流音

a substance that is not a solid or a gas, for example water or milk

形容词

液体的;清澈的;明亮的;易变的

in the form of a liquid instead of a gas or solid

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

    液体

    液态

    可数 不可数 化学

    A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.

  2. 2.

    Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

    可数 不可数 语言学
adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

    液体

    液态

    化学

    liquid nitrogen

  2. 2.

    Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.

    商务 金融
  3. 3.

    Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

    商务 金融
  4. 4.

    Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

    a liquid melody

  5. 5.

    Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.

    语言学

    /l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.

  6. 6.

    Fluid and transparent.

    the liquid air

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti Proto-Italic *wlikʷēō Latin liqueō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin liquidusbor. Old French liquidebor. Middle English liquide English liquid From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”).

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