quicksilver 详细解释

quicksilver

['kwik.silvə]

n.水银, 汞
adj.极快的,反复无常的

n.

1. 【化】水银, 汞[U]

2. 多变的事物; 性情的多变

vt.

涂水银于, 用水银处理

a.

水银的; 水银似的; 多变的

a quicksilver temper

变幻莫测的脾气

词形变化

过去式：quicksilvered

过去分词：quicksilvered

现在进行时：quicksilvering

词义辨析

同义参见:

mercury  

英英释义

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

补充

quicksilverquicksilver英:[ˈkwiksilvə] 美:[ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvɚ]vt.1.涂上水银adj.1.水银的,似水银的,易变的;光亮且流动快的

例句

1. his mood changed like quicksilver.他的情绪像水银一样变化无常。 2. his quicksilver [=mercurial] temperament他那喜怒无常的性情

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