趣味英语起源论第552期:Sulphur 硫
日期:2014-04-07 09:00

(单词翻译:单击)

世间万物的存在,必定有其存在的价值和意义,每一个事物的产生必定有其产生的根源,并非凭空而降。

Sulphur 硫


在1776年,法国化学家拉瓦锡首先确定了硫的不可分割性,认为它是一种元素。它的拉丁名称为Sulphur,传说这来自印度的梵文sulvere,原意为鲜黄色。硫的英文名称为Sulfur,元素符号S。

The origins of Latin sulphur are not known, although it may have links with German schwefel ‘sulphur’. It has spread throughout the Romance languages (French soufre, Italian solfo, and, with the addition of Arabic al ‘the’, Spanish azufre), and has been borrowed into Dutch as sulfer and into English (where it eventually replaced the native brimstone, etymologically ‘burning stone’) as sulphur.

sulphite 亚硫酸盐

sulphate 硫酸盐

sulphuric 硫磺的,含多量硫磺的


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重点单词
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