- 看过 mercury 的人也看了 :
- earth
- inner planet
mercury 的定义
plural mer·cu·ries.
- Chemistry. a heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst. Symbol: Hg; atomic weight: 200.59; atomic number: 80; specific gravity: 13.546 at 20°C; freezing point: −38.9°C; boiling point: 357°C.
- Pharmacology. this metal as used in medicine, in the form of various organic and inorganic compounds, usually for skin infections.
- the ancient Roman god who served as messenger of the gods and was also the god of commerce, thievery, eloquence, and science, identified with the Greek god Hermes.
- Astronomy. the planet nearest the sun, having a diameter of 3,031 miles, a mean distance from the sun of 36 million miles, and a period of revolution of 87.96 days, and having no satellites: the smallest planet in the solar system.
- a messenger, especially a carrier of news.
- any plant belonging to the genus Mercurialis, of the spurge family, especially the poisonous, weedy M. perennis of Europe.
- Good-King-Henry.
- Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. spacecraft, carrying one astronaut, that achieved the first U.S. suborbital and orbital manned spaceflights.
mercury 近义词
等同于 solar system
等同于 terrestrial planet
mercury 的近义词 4 个
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- It was also a comfortable jacket for ski transitions on days when the mercury dipped to the low thirties.
- When the mercury drops, Frank Vallas, beverage manager at Dallas-based Tacos and Tequila, brews this mix of hot tea and tequila.
- With coronavirus cases spiking and the mercury dropping, sparking a run on backyard heating devices, I knew Bryner could tell me what will happen when the fuel for those heaters is burned.
- Turns out they’re also a prime source of toxic mercury, scientists reported on November 16 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- When someone on Earth goes from standing to lying down, that pressure rises from around 0 millimeters of mercury to about 15 mmHg.
- According to Wynd, “Freddie Mercury once said he wanted to lead a Victorian life surrounded by exquisite clutter.”
- He was demoted at the Mercury News, and left the paper in 1997.
- In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News, Shi described one unwelcome encounter with Zhang.
- That means most of these planets orbit closer than Mercury does to the Sun.
- Caroline Sweeney, the police reporter for the Pottstown Mercury, updates the page at least once a week.
- These have canted bay windows below them, and their pediments are surmounted by figures representing Mercury and Athæne.
- But the day he planned to start was very cold—the mercury stood twenty-seven below zero.
- Bang went the fragile bulb, as it splintered into a thousand atoms, and the mercury shot in sparkling globules over the table.
- If it be true that Venus does not turn upon its axis, such is likely to be the case also with the planet Mercury.
- Next beyond Mercury is Venus, a sphere only a little less in diameter than the earth.