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单词 mercurials
释义

mercury /mûrˈkū-ri/

noun
  1. A silvery metallic element (symbol Hg; atomic no 80), liquid at ordinary temperatures (also called quicksilver)
  2. The column of mercury in a thermometer or barometer
  3. A plant (dog's-merˈcury Mercurialis perennis) of the spurge family
  4. The plant good-King-Henry
  5. A preparation of mercury
  6. A messenger
  7. A common title for newspapers
  8. Mercurial character (obsolete)
  9. (with cap) the Roman god of merchandise, theft, and eloquence, messenger of the gods, identified with the Greek Hermes
  10. (with cap) the planet nearest the sun
ORIGIN: L Mercūrius, prob from merx, mercis merchandise

merˈcurate transitive verb

  1. To mercurialize or treat with mercury
  2. To convert into a compound with mercury

mercurāˈtion noun

mercūˈrial adjective

  1. Containing mercury
  2. Of or like mercury
  3. Caused by mercury
  4. (with cap) of or relating to Mercury the god or the planet
  5. (sometimes with cap) having the qualities attributed to persons born under the planet, eloquent, etc
  6. Active, sprightly, often changing
noun
  1. A drug containing mercury
  2. The plant mercury (obsolete)
  3. (sometimes with cap) a person born under the planet (obsolete)

mercūˈrialism noun

A morbid condition due to mercury

mercūˈrialist noun (obsolete)

  1. A believer in the medical use of mercury
  2. A mercurial person

mercūˈrialize or mercūˈrialise transitive verb

  1. To treat with mercury or a drug containing mercury (medicine)
  2. To make mercurial

mercūˈrially adverb

mercūˈrialness or mercūrialˈity noun

mercūˈric adjective

Containing bivalent mercury

merˈcurize or merˈcurise transitive verb same as mercurate above

merˈcurous adjective

Containing univalent mercury

mercuric chloride noun

A soluble toxic substance (HgCl2), used as a pesticide

mercury switch or mercury tilt switch noun

A quiet electric switch activated by the movement of mercury in a phial over the contacts

mercury vapour light or mercury vapour lamp noun

A bright greenish-blue light, high in ultraviolet rays, produced by an electric discharge through mercury vapour

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