搜尋結果
mercury
- IPA[ˈmərkyərē]
美式
- the chemical element of atomic number 80, a heavy silvery-white metal which is liquid at ordinary temperatures.;the column of mercury in a thermometer or barometer, or its height as indicating atmospheric temperature or pressure
noun: mercury
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the chemical element of atomic number 80, a heavy silvery-white metal which is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
- ▪ the column of mercury in a thermometer or barometer, or its height as indicating atmospheric temperature or pressure the mercury rises, the skies steam, and the nights swelter
- ▪ mercury or one of its compounds used medicinally, especially to treat syphilis one wonders how many unfortunates owed their demise to his prescription of mercury to clarify the spleen