quicksilver

英['kwɪksɪlvə(r)] 美['kwɪksɪlvər]
  • n. 水银；汞
  • adj. 极快的；反复无常的
  • quibble v.争论；推托；说模棱两可的话；说俏皮话；谬论n.吹毛求疵；遁辞；谬论；双关话
  • quibbler n.吹毛求疵的人
  • quibblesome adj.遁辞的；模拟两可的
  • quibbling adj.诡辩的；吹毛求疵的n.诡辩；吹毛求疵动词quibble的现在分词形式.
  • quibblingly adv.吹毛求疵地；推诿地

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

Adjective:
  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"

双语例句

1. Mirrors have a backing of quicksilver.
镜子有水银作底.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me.
他们中第一个下来的人急急忙忙地快步向我走来。

来自柯林斯例句

3. By heaven, they ought to be worked in quicksilver mines.
但愿苍天有眼, 让他们到水银矿上去作苦工.

来自辞典例句

4. Quicksilver , though a metal, is a liquid.
水银虽是金属, 但它是一种液体.

来自辞典例句

5. Theirs was the only boat afloat on this endless expanse of water like rippling quicksilver.
这风从南面吹过来,从稻秧上苇尖吹过来,水面没有一只船,水像无边的跳荡的水银.

来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Mirrors have a backing of quicksilver.
      镜子以水银作底。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Her quicksilver nature had been a constant concern to her parents in the past.
      她好感情用事，这曾使她父母牵肠挂肚。

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