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mercurial

/mer-kyoor-ee-uhl/US // mərˈkyʊər i əl //UK // (mɜːˈkjʊərɪəl) //

水银泻地式,水银泻地,水银,水银色的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
    • : animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.
    • : pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury.
    • : of or relating to the god Mercury.
    • : of or relating to the planet Mercury.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Pharmacology. a preparation of mercury used as a drug.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.flighty, temperamental
Synonyms
changeable可变的,可变,多变的,多变effervescent泡腾式,泡腾性,泡腾型,泡腾剂erratic飘忽不定,飘忽不定的,反复无常,反覆无常impulsive冲动的,冲动的人,冲动,冲动型resilient弹性,有弹性的,弹性的,有弹性unpredictable变幻莫测,变幻莫测的,变化莫测的,变化莫测volatile挥发性,波动,挥发性的,波动性blowing hot and cold忽冷忽热,忽冷忽热的,冷热交替,冷热不均bubbleheaded冒泡的人,气泡头,冒泡的,冒失鬼buoyant强劲的,强有力的,富有活力的,富有活力capricious任性的,任性,任意妄为,任意elastic弹性,松紧带,弹性的,弹性物质expansive广阔的,宽广的,广泛的,广阔的空间fickle多变的,多变,无常,善变的flaky片状的,片状,片状物,片状结构flip抛出,抛物线,抛掷,抛物fluctuating波动的,波动,起伏不定的,波动不定的gaga嘎嘎,加加,卡卡,伽伽gay男同性恋者,男同性恋,同同性恋,同同性恋者inconstant不恒定,不稳定,不恒定的,不稳定的irregular不规范,不规则,不正规,不规则的irrepressible不可抗拒的,不可阻挡的,不可抗拒,不可阻挡lighthearted轻松的,轻盈的,轻松,轻松愉快lively活泼的,活跃的,热烈的,热闹的lubricious润滑的,润滑,润滑性的,润滑性mad疯狂,疯狂的,疯了,疯mobile手机,移动,流动,移动式movable可移动的,可移动,可动的,可动quicksilver流星银,水银,流银,流星雨short-fuse短保险,短暂熔断,短信,短路spirited活力四射,活力四射的,精神抖擞的,精神抖擞sprightly活泼的,神气活现,精神抖擞的,精神抖擞地ticklish痒痒的,怕痒,痒痒,怕痒的人unstable不稳定的,不稳定,不稳的,不稳up-and-down向上和向下,上下,上上下下,上下移动variable变量,变数,变动,变异yo-yo溜溜球,悠悠球,溜达,溜冰

Examples

  • To be clear, the Nets face their own questions, most of which trace back to Durant’s decision to partner with the mercurial Irving.

  • Jason Roe, Gaspar’s mercurial consultant, moved as did Sage Naumann, a former staffer for the party.

  • While she’s proven her loyalty to Orbán, Hungary’s mercurial leader is known for reshuffling and throwing out politicians at his convenience.

  • An astounding three-out-of-four of America’s big cap stalwarts—that typically pride themselves on tracing the path ahead—deemed the future so mercurial that they gave up.

  • Stars, heat and humidity, and the temperament of mercurial elders in one’s family have to align to set the wedding date in India.

  • Since the recession, a mercurial job market has made it difficult for many vets to find steady employment.

  • I think that Michael would hate to be falsely remembered as perfect in retrospect—he was mercurial, impulsive, and intense.

  • They are superstitious, violent, passionate, mercurial, and secretive, with a greater belief in dragons than in any saint.

  • But Chechnya has become a republic of fear, the fiefdom of one man: its mercurial 36-year-old president, Ramzan Kadyrov.

  • But I press on, because my mercurial editor is emailing me, “When are you filing that bitcoin story!??”

  • Quentin Gray's mercurial color deserted him, and he turned to Seton a face grown suddenly pale.

  • The usual excited happiness was less obvious, he thought, than usual, the mercurial gaiety wholly absent.

  • The extreme heat was rather more intense than that of the preceding day, the mercurial column standing for a time at 97 degrees.

  • Of the influence formerly attributed to the planets, traces survive in such epithets as mercurial, jovial, saturnine.

  • Of the many forms of mercurial barometer, that perhaps known as Fortins is the best.