Quicksilver

(a.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

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• Perhaps, however, if it were buried in quicksilver, it might preserve, for a considerable space of time, its vegetable life, its smell, and colour. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Quicksilver Bob he was called as a boy in Lancaster, because he used to buy all that metal he could for experiments. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• There was a factory in Lancaster where arms were being made for the Continental troops, and Quicksilver Bob was given the run of the place. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Every particle eludes the grasp by a new fraction; like quicksilver, when we endeavour to seize it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• They obtained potash from wine lees, soda from sea-plants, and from quicksilver the mercuric ox ide which played so interesting a part in the later history of chemistry. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• She cleaved to him, and he could feel his blood changing like quicksilver. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The other day he was pretending to tap a man's brain and get quicksilver out of it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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