quicksilver 音标拼音: [kw'ɪks'ɪlvɚ]
n . 水银,汞
vt . 涂上水银
a . 水银似的,易变的
水银,汞涂上水银水银似的,易变的
quicksilver adj 1 :
liable to sudden unpredictable change ; "
erratic behavior "; "
fickle weather "; "
mercurial twists of temperament "; "
a quicksilver character ,
cool and willful at one moment ,
utterly fragile the next " [
synonym : {
erratic },
{
fickle }, {
mercurial }, {
quicksilver (
a )}]
n 1 :
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element ;
the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures [
synonym : {
mercury }, {
quicksilver }, {
hydrargyrum },
{
Hg }, {
atomic number 80 }]
Quicksilver \
Quick "
sil `
ver \,
n . [
Quick living silver ; --
so called from its fluidity ;
cf .
G .
quecksilber ,
L .
argentum vivum .
See {
Quick },
a .] (
Chem .)
The metal mercury ; --
so called from its resemblance to liquid silver .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Quicksilver horizon },
a mercurial artificial horizon .
See under {
Horizon }.
{
Quicksilver water },
a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering ;
quick water .
[
1913 Webster ]
Mercury \
Mer "
cu *
ry \,
n . [
L .
Mercurius ;
akin to merx wares .]
1 . (
Rom .
Myth .)
A Latin god of commerce and gain ; --
treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes ,
messenger of the gods ,
conductor of souls to the lower world ,
and god of eloquence .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Chem .)
A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar ,
one of its ores .
It is a heavy ,
opaque ,
glistening liquid (
commonly called {
quicksilver }),
and is used in barometers ,
thermometers ,
etc .
Specific gravity 13 .
6 .
Symbol Hg (
Hydrargyrum ).
Atomic weight 199 .
8 .
Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom .
It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury ,
and designated by his symbol , [
mercury ].
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Mercury forms alloys ,
called amalgams ,
with many metals ,
and is thus used in applying tin foil to the backs of mirrors ,
and in extracting gold and silver from their ores .
It is poisonous ,
and is used in medicine in the free state as in blue pill ,
and in its compounds as calomel ,
corrosive sublimate ,
etc .
It is the only metal which is liquid at ordinary temperatures ,
and it solidifies at about -
39 [
deg ]
Centigrade to a soft ,
malleable ,
ductile metal .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Astron .)
One of the planets of the solar system ,
being the one nearest the sun ,
from which its mean distance is about 36 ,
000 ,
000 miles .
Its period is 88 days ,
and its diameter 3 ,
000 miles .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
A carrier of tidings ;
a newsboy ;
a messenger ;
hence ,
also ,
a newspaper . --
Sir J .
Stephen . "
The monthly Mercuries ."
--
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
Sprightly or mercurial quality ;
spirit ;
mutability ;
fickleness . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
He was so full of mercury that he could not fix long in any friendship ,
or to any design . --
Bp .
Burnet .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Bot .)
A plant ({
Mercurialis annua }),
of the Spurge family ,
the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach ,
in Europe .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The name is also applied ,
in the United States ,
to certain climbing plants ,
some of which are poisonous to the skin ,
esp .
to the {
Rhus Toxicodendron },
or poison ivy .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Dog '
s mercury } (
Bot .), {
Mercurialis perennis },
a perennial plant differing from {
Mercurialis annua }
by having the leaves sessile .
{
English mercury } (
Bot .),
a kind of goosefoot formerly used as a pot herb ; --
called {
Good King Henry }.
{
Horn mercury } (
Min .),
a mineral chloride of mercury ,
having a semitranslucent ,
hornlike appearance .
[
1913 Webster ]
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
quicksilver ":
April showers ,
Proteus ,
active ,
activist ,
activistic ,
alive ,
animated ,
antelope ,
arrow ,
aureate ,
blue darter ,
blue streak ,
bouncing ,
bouncy ,
brass ,
brassy ,
brazen ,
breezy ,
brisk ,
bronze ,
bronzy ,
bubbly ,
cannonball ,
chameleon ,
changeable ,
chipper ,
cloud shapes ,
copper ,
coppery ,
coquettish ,
courser ,
cupreous ,
cuprous ,
dart ,
eagle ,
ebullient ,
effervescent ,
electricity ,
energetic ,
express train ,
faddish ,
ferrous ,
ferruginous ,
fickle ,
flash ,
flighty ,
flirtatious ,
frisky ,
full of go ,
full of life ,
full of pep ,
gazelle ,
gilt ,
gold ,
gold -
filled ,
gold -
plated ,
golden ,
greased lightning ,
greyhound ,
hare ,
inconstant ,
iron ,
ironlike ,
jet plane ,
kaleidoscope ,
lead ,
leaden ,
light ,
lightning ,
live ,
lively ,
mercurial ,
mercurous ,
mercury ,
militant ,
moon ,
nickel ,
nickelic ,
nickeline ,
peppy ,
perky ,
pert ,
pewter ,
pewtery ,
rocket ,
rolling stone ,
scared rabbit ,
shifting sands ,
shot ,
silver ,
silver -
plated ,
silvery ,
skittish ,
smacking ,
snappy ,
spanking ,
spirited ,
sprightly ,
spry ,
steel ,
steely ,
streak ,
streak of lightning ,
striped snake ,
swallow ,
the weather ,
thought ,
thunderbolt ,
tin ,
tinny ,
torrent ,
toying ,
undependable ,
unpredictable ,
unreliable ,
vacillating ,
versatile ,
vivacious ,
volatile ,
water ,
weather vane ,
weathercock ,
wheel of fortune ,
whirligig ,
wind ,
zingy
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