antimony: [15] Antimony, from medieval Latin antimōnium, was used by alchemists of the Middle Ages for ‘stibnite’, the mineral from which antimony is obtained, and for ‘stibium’, or ‘black antimony’, a heated and powdered version of the mineral used for eye make-up. The element antimony itself was first described in the late 18th century, when it was called regulus of antimony; the British chemist Humphry Davy appears to have been the first to apply the simple term antimony to it, in 1812.
The ultimate origins of the word antimony are obscure, but attempts have been made to link it with Latin stibium (source of Somebody, the chemical symbol for antimony). It has been speculated that Latin antimōnium may have been a modification of Arabic ithmid, which was perhaps borrowed from Greek stimmi or stíbi (source of Latin stibium).
This in turn has been conjecturally traced back to an Egyptian word stm, which was used for a sort of powder applied to the eyelids as make-up.
antimony (n.)
brittle metallic element, early 15c., from Old French antimoine and directly from Medieval Latin antimonium, an alchemist's term (used 11c. by Constantinus Africanus), origin obscure, probably a Latinization of Greek stimmi "powdered antimony, black antimony" (a cosmetic used to paint the eyelids), from some Arabic word (such as al 'othmud), unless the Arabic word is from the Greek or the Latin is from Arabic; probably ultimately from Egyptian stm "powdered antimony." In French folk etymology, anti-moine "monk's bane" (from moine).
As the name of a pure element, it is attested in English from 1788. Its chemical symbol Sb is for Stibium, the Latin name for "black antimony," which word was used also in English for "black antimony."
antimony 英文释义
1. a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite
antimony 双语例句
1. The main factor in the market is that the supply of Chinese antimony is quite limited.
市场的中心因素是中国对锑(antimony)的供应有限.
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2. The percentage of antimony may be left to the battery manufacturer.
锑的百分含量由各蓄电池生产厂自己掌握.
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3. Antimony abounds in out country.
我国盛产锑.
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4. Antimony adds to the rigidity of the casting.
锑能增加铸件的硬度.
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5. These companies did not have the know - how to cast grids of lower antimony content.
这些制造厂没有掌握铸造这种低锑合金的技能.
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antimony 实用场景例句
The percentage of antimony may be left to the battery manufacturer.
锑的百分含量由各蓄电池生产厂自己掌握.
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Antimony abounds in out country.
我国盛产锑.
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Antimony adds to the rigidity of the casting.
锑能增加铸件的硬度.
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The liquids, from bottom to top: antimony, sodium sulfide, and magnesium.
该液体, 从底部到顶部: 锑, 硫化钠, 和镁.
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The Pre - cambrian alumino - siliceous slate is the host rock of antimony deposit inHunan.
湖南前寒武系的 硅铝 质板岩是锑矿主要赋矿岩性.
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Banpo antimony deposit is a typical fracture - controlling and hydrothermal fluid filling deposit.
半坡锑矿床是典型的断裂控矿,热液充填型矿床.
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Type metal: The alloy for cast type, comprising lead, tin and antimony.
活字金属: 铸造活字的合金, 由铅, 锡和锑组成.
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Features Free of constituents such as halogen, antimony and red phosphorus.
特性不含卤素 、 锑、红磷等成分.
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Lead - zinc mineral resources, gold and antimony mine and so abundant.
矿产资源有铅锌矿 、 黄金、锑矿等,储量丰富.
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The Yanshanian ductile shearing resulted in further enrichment of gold and antimony.
燕山期叠加的脆性变形使金锑矿进一步富集.
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It is very heavy and chemically resembles arsenic and antimony.
像砷和锑一样,铋也是重金属和重化学元素.
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The neutralization - hydrolysis process of the antimony trichloride solutions containing fluorine is investigated.
研究含氟三氯化锑溶液中和水解过程.
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Silicified limestone is extensively developed in the Xikuangshan antimony deposit.
锡矿山锑矿硅化灰岩发育广泛.
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Antimony ores acquisitions, glass clarify agent production sales.
