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单词 carbon monoxide
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carbon monoxiden.

Brit. /ˌkɑːbən məˈnɒksʌɪd/, /ˌkɑːbən mɒˈnɒksʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌkɑrbən məˈnɑksaɪd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: carbon n., monoxide n.
Etymology: < carbon n. + monoxide n. Compare earlier carbonic oxide n. at carbonic adj. and n. Compounds. Compare also carbon dioxide n.
A colourless, odourless, flammable, extremely toxic gas formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon.Formula: CO. Formerly called carbonic oxide.
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carbonic oxide1802
poison gas1816
cyanogen1823
carbon monoxide1868
sneeze gas1918
sneezing gas1918
Lewisite1921
sternutator1922
blister gas1936
nausea gas1936
Zyklon1939
harassing agent1968
1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) ii. 177 Carbon monoxide is a combustible gas.
1881 S. W. Johnson tr. C. R. Fresenius Man. Qualitative Chem. Anal. (new ed.) 216 Carbon monoxide..burns with a blue flame.
1947 Yale Law Jrnl. 56 500 Asphyxiation by carbon monoxide accounts for about 25% of all suicides.
1989 Which? Apr. 191/2 Vehicles also emit smoke, carbon monoxide..and lead (a potent neurotoxin) from leaded petrol.
2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xv. 469 Forests..function as the world's major air filter removing carbon monoxide and other air pollutants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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