quicklime
/kwik-lahym/US // ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm //UK // (ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm) //
生石灰,熟石灰,消石灰,循环石灰
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : lime.
Examples
It was the custom to bury in quicklime in the prison yard the bodies of all the prisoners who died while in custody.
Rhusma, rus′ma, n. a mixture of quicklime and orpiment, used as a depilatory.
Sulphur and quicklime, separate or combined, dug into the soil around the vines, is a preventive.
Ashes or quicklime, sprinkled over the leaves when they are wet with dew or rain, is an effectual remedy.
They were then to be placed in a sack filled with quicklime.
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