單詞
quicksilver
英 ['kw?ks?lv?]
美['kw?k's?lv?]
基本信息
- adj. 水銀的；水銀似的；多變的
- n. 水銀；汞
- vt. 涂水銀于；用水銀處理
中文詞源
quicksilver 水銀，瞬息萬變的
來自quick,活的，silver,銀。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- quicksilver (n.)
- Old English cwicseolfor, literally "living silver," translating Latin argentum vivum (source also of Italian argento vivo), literally "living silver;" so called from its liquid mobility. See quick (adj.) + silver (n.). Similar formation in Dutch kwikzilver, Old High German quecsilbar, German quecksilber, French vif-argent, Italian argenta viva.
雙語例句
- 1. Mirrors have a backing of quicksilver.
- 鏡子有水銀作底.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me.
- 他們中第一個下來的人急急忙忙地快步向我走來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. By heaven, they ought to be worked in quicksilver mines.
- 但愿蒼天有眼, 讓他們到水銀礦上去作苦工.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Quicksilver , though a metal, is a liquid.
- 水銀雖是金屬, 但它是一種液體.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Theirs was the only boat afloat on this endless expanse of water like rippling quicksilver.
- 這風從南面吹過來,從稻秧上葦尖吹過來,水面沒有一只船,水像無邊的跳蕩的水銀.
來自漢英文學 - 中國現代小說
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