dioxin
/dahy-ok-sin/US // daɪˈɒk sɪn //UK // (daɪˈɒksɪn) //
二恶英,二噁英,二氧杂芑,二氧芑
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chemistry.
- : a general name for a family of chlorinated hydrocarbons, C12H4Cl4O2, typically used to refer to one isomer, TCDD, a by-product of pesticide manufacture: a toxic compound that is carcinogenic and teratogenic in certain animals.
Examples
“Dioxin” is the dirtiest of dirty words and this designation, like the chemical itself, does not degrade.
Unfortunately, the waste oil had a dioxin concentration 2,000 times higher than that in Agent Orange.
It is the connection of triclosan to dioxin that has appropriately raised the hackles of so many.
Yushchenko had been poisoned with dioxin during the campaign, most likely by allies of Moscow.
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