magnesium

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmæɡˈniːzi.əm/    美 /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/|/ˌmæɡˈniʒəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal. uncountable
    — 1999, Chapter 1 "Barrens" Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.

词源

From New Latin magnēsium, from Ancient Greek μαγνησία (magnēsía), after Μαγνησία (Magnēsía, “Magnesia”), a region in Thessaly. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy, as a modification of his original suggestion, magnium.
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