| 单词 | chemical agent |
| 释义 | chemical agent (once / 50295 pages) n WORD FAMILY chemical agent: chemical agents USAGE EXAMPLESThe group is seeking a temporary restraining order to bar police from using “less-than-lethal” munitions, chemical agents, sound cannons, and water against activists. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) In August 2013, Kalawi’s uncle, his wife and their adult son were killed in an attack with rockets containing the chemical agent sarin. Seattle Times(Nov 21, 2016) The chemical agents are worrisome as potential terrorist weapons, even though chlorine and blister agents are typically less lethal than bullets, shrapnel or explosives. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) n an agent that produces chemical reactions Hypo|Hyper active, active agent chemical agent capable of activity reagenta chemical agent for use in chemical reactions desiccant, drier, drying agent, siccativea substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) oxidant, oxidiser, oxidizer, oxidizing agenta substance that oxidizes another substance reducer, reducing agent, reductanta substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver scavengera chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities surface-active agent, surfactant, wetter, wetting agenta chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved vesicant, vesicatorya chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) emulsifiera surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion hydrogen peroxide, peroxidea viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels hydrazinea colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels blistering agent, dichloroethyl sulfide, mustard agent, mustard gas, sulfur mustarda toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote detergenta surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering agent a substance that exerts some force or effect |
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