quick·sil·ver /-ˌsɪlvɚ/
水銀,汞(vt.)塗上水銀(a.)水銀似的,易變的
quick·sil·ver /-ˌsɪlvɚ/ 名詞
汞,水銀
Quick·sil·ver n. Chem. The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.
Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon.
Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.
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quicksilver
adj : 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" [syn: erratic, fickle, mercurial,
quicksilver(a)]
n : a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic
element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary
temperatures [syn: mercury, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic
number 80]