quicksilver是什么意思？

quicksilver

英[ˈkwɪksɪlvə(r)] 美['kwɪksɪlvər]

• adj. <文>变化[移动]极快的，瞬息万变的，水银；

例句

• a quicksilver character 一个性情多变的人物
• Quicksilver , though a metal, is a liquid. 水银虽是金属, 但它是一种液体.
• By heaven, they ought to be worked in quicksilver mines. 但愿苍天有眼, 让他们到水银矿上去作苦工.
• Mirrors have a backing of quicksilver. 镜子有水银作底.
• ...her quicksilver changes of mood. 她变化无常的情绪
• One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me. 他们中第一个下来的人急急忙忙地快步向我走来。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  同 mercury
  Quicksilver is the same as mercury .
• ADJ
  （动作、变化）极快的；变化无常的;变幻莫测的
  Quicksilver movements or changes are very fast and unpredictable.
  例句
  ...her quicksilver changes of mood. 她变化无常的情绪

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  <文>变化〔移动〕极快的;瞬息万变的
  a quicksilver character 一个性情多变的人物

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
• Adjective
  1. 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"