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prussic

/pruhs-ik/US // ˈprʌs ɪk //

悬铃木,悬疑片,悬疑,悬疑小说

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : of or derived from prussic acid.

Examples

  • The celebrated author just barely outlived his acquaintance Polidori, who committed suicide in 1821 by swallowing prussic acid.

  • Exposed to oxygen, the pellets gave off prussic acid, blocking the exchange of oxygen in the blood.

  • So let us pity the poor vial of prussic acid dashed down so suddenly, and by so noble a hand, whom mortals call Marat.

  • A weapon with the smallest point covered with the matter kills as instantaneously as prussic acid.

  • One of his contemporaries said of him that he sometimes mistook his vial of prussic acid for his ink-pot.

  • The autopsy revealed the mere fact that Mr. Blair was poisoned by prussic acid, taken into the stomach.

  • The cyanide present as hydrogen cyanide or prussic acid (HCy) is practically useless as a gold solvent.