quicksilver英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The metal mercury. error-unknown-tag,literary,uncountable
An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors; quicksilvering. broadly,error-unknown-tag,literary,uncountable

动词 v.

To overlay with quicksilver. transitive
To treat with quicksilver. transitive

形容词 adj.

Unpredictable, erratic, or fickle; mercurial. error-unknown-tag,literary,not-comparable

— Summer is not the most auspicious season for theater in New York. Aside from a few certifiable Broadway hits, it is, in fact, a rather quicksilver commodity.

词形变化

quicksilvers present,singular,third-person quicksilvering participle,present quicksilvered participle,past quicksilvered past

词汇关系

衍生词

quicksilvered quicksilver horizon quicksilvering quicksilverish quicksilver plaster quicksilver soap quicksilver water quicksilver weed quicksilvery unquicksilvered

词源

词源 1

From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vīvum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sense of "living". Cognate with Dutch kwikzilver, German Low German Quicksülver, German Quecksilber, Danish kviksølv, Norwegian Bokmål kvikksølv, Swedish kvicksilver. By surface analysis, quick (“living”) + silver.

词源 2

From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vīvum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sense of "living". Cognate with Dutch kwikzilver, German Low German Quicksülver, German Quecksilber, Danish kviksølv, Norwegian Bokmål kvikksølv, Swedish kvicksilver. By surface analysis, quick (“living”) + silver.

词源 3

From Middle English quyk silver, quyksilver, quikselver, from Old English cwicseolfor (“quicksilver”, literally “living silver”) (see Latin argentum vīvum) from its ability to move. See quick in the sense of "living". Cognate with Dutch kwikzilver, German Low German Quicksülver, German Quecksilber, Danish kviksølv, Norwegian Bokmål kvikksølv, Swedish kvicksilver. By surface analysis, quick (“living”) + silver.