gypsum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒɪp.səm/    美 /ˈd͡ʒɪp.səm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris. countable,uncountable
    — ...but he has been able to analyze the matter removed, and to prove it, by chemical evidence, to consist of Prussian blue, and gypsum principally.

词形变化

gypsums plural gypsa plural gypse alternative,obsolete

词源

From Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of gesso.
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