| 单词 | chlorine gas |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschlorine gas chlorine gas n. the yellowish-green gas consisting of diatomic molecules of chlorine, which is highly reactive and toxic, and used as a chemical reagent, disinfectant, and, esp. in the First World War (1914–18), chemical weapon (see also sense 1a). ΚΠ 1811chlorine gas [see Compounds 1]. 1915 Times 11 May 5/2 I have also seen men..suffering from excruciating tortures and distress caused by the devilish gas launched against our forces by the barbarous and inhuman German scientists, the precise nature of which is not at present known for certain.., though chlorine gas undoubtedly enters largely into its composition. 1944 Farmers' Bull. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) No. 954. 6 Chlorine gas..has long been used in the purification of city water supplies and swimming pools and the disinfection of tannery effluents. 2008 S. D. Tuorinsky et al. Med. Aspects Chem. Warfare 66/2 A raid in Fallujah in late February 2007 revealed a homegrown factory for car bombs and cylinders of toxic chlorine gas and other chemicals. < as lemmas |
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