quicksilver

导读:单词音标
quicksilver音标[\'kwiksilvә]
汉语翻译n. 水银, 汞vt. 涂水银于a. 水银似的, 易变的【医】 水银, 汞英语解释名词 quicksilver:a heavy silvery toxic univalent

单词音标

quicksilver音标[\'kwiksilvә]

汉语翻译

n. 水银, 汞

vt. 涂水银于

a. 水银似的, 易变的

【医】 水银, 汞

英语解释

名词 quicksilver:

a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

同义词:mercury, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80

形容词 quicksilver:

liable to sudden unpredictable change

同义词:erratic, fickle, mercurial

例句

A politician is like quicksilver; if you try to put your finger on him, you will find nothing under it.

*客好比水银; 当你要抓住他(的过错)的时候,你会发觉并未抓到什么东西。

详细解释

quick.sil.ver

n.(名词)

See mercury

参见 mercury

adj.(形容词)

Unpredictable; mercurial:

不可预测的;反复无常的:

例句:

.a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next.(Sven Birkerts)

.一个性情多变的人物,有时冷漠任性,而一会儿则变得很脆弱.(斯文·伯克斯)

来源:

Middle English

中古英语

from Old English cwicseolfor

源自 古英语 cwicseolfor

cwic, cwicu [alive] * see g wei-

cwic, cwicu [活的] *参见 g wei-

seolfor [silver] translation of Latin argentum vovum * see silver

seolfor [银] 拉丁语 argentum vovum的翻译 *参见 silver

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