quicksilver

FREQ #49401

n. 水银, 汞 vt. 涂水银于 a. 水银似的, 易变的

发音

US /ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ/
其它

词形变化

quicksilvered quicksilvering quicksilvers 三单 quicksilvers quicksilvering 现在分词 quicksilvered 过去式 quicksilvered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The metal mercury.

    水银

    不可数
  2. 2.

    An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To treat with quicksilver.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To overlay with quicksilver.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

mercury HG hydrargyrum

上位词 1

metal

整体词 3

calomel cinnabar mercurous chloride
形容词

同义词 3

erratic fickle mercurial

近义相关 2

changeable changeful

相关短语

quicksilver water quicksilver weed quicksilver horizon quicksilver plaster quicksilver soap quicksilver horizons

词源

From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vīvum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sense of "living". Cognate with Dutch kwikzilver, German Low German Quicksülver, German Quecksilber, Danish kviksølv, Norwegian Bokmål kvikksølv, Swedish kvicksilver. By surface analysis, quick (“living”) + silver.

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