camphor

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkæmfə/    美 /ˈkæmfɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor. countable,uncountable
    — Yet, oddly enough, I found a far unlikelier substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that by chance, I suppose, had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first that it was paraffin wax, and smashed the glass accordingly. But the odour of camphor was unmistakable. In the universal decay this volatile substance had chanced to survive, perhaps through many thousands of centuries.
  2. a plant-extracted crystalline substance similar to common camphor, especially Borneo camphor. countable,uncountable

词形变化

camphors plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bastard camphor tree Borneo camphor camphene camphine camphogen camphol campholic acid camphoraceous camphorate camphorated camphoric camphorimine camphorize camphor laurel camphorsulfonic acid camphorsulphonic camphorsultam camphor tree camphorweed camphorwood camphory camphoryl camphretic acid camphrous Malay camphor Ngai camphor norcamphor oxycamphor rose camphor salol-camphor Sumatran camphor turpentine camphor
相关词
camphire

词源

From Old French camphore or Medieval Latin camphora, from Arabic كَافُور (kāfūr), in turn from an Austronesian word such as Malay kapur.
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