arsenic: [14] The term arsenic was originally applied to the lemon-yellow mineral arsenic trisulphide, and its history reveals the reason: for its appears to be based ultimately on Persian zar ‘gold’ (related forms include Sanskrit hari ‘yellowish’, Greek khlōros ‘greenish-yellow’, and English yellow itself). The derivative zarnīk was borrowed into Arabic as zernīkh, which, as usual with Arabic words, was perceived by foreign listeners as constituting an indivisible unit with its definite article al ‘the’ – hence azzernīkh, literally ‘the arsenic trisulphide’.
This was borrowed into Greek, where the substance’s supposed beneficial effects on virility led, through association with Greek árrēn ‘male, virile’, to the new forms arrenikón and arsenikón, source of Latin arsenicum and, through Old French, of English arsenic. The original English application was still to arsenic trisulphide (orpiment was its other current name), and it is not until the early 17th century that we find the term used for white arsenic or arsenic trioxide.
The element arsenic itself was isolated and so named at the start of the 19th century. => chlorine, yellow
arsenic (n.)
late 14c., from Old French arsenic, from Latin arsenicum, from late Greek arsenikon "arsenic" (Dioscorides; Aristotle has it as sandarake), adapted from Syriac (al) zarniqa "arsenic," from Middle Persian zarnik "gold-colored" (arsenic trisulphide has a lemon-yellow color), from Old Iranian *zarna- "golden," from PIE root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass).
The form of the Greek word is folk etymology, literally "masculine," from arsen "male, strong, virile" (compare arseno-koites "lying with men" in New Testament) supposedly in reference to the powerful properties of the substance. The mineral (as opposed to the element) is properly orpiment, from Latin auri pigmentum, so called because it was used to make golden dyes.
arsenic 英文释义
1. a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
2. a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide and weed killer
arsenic 双语例句
1. His wife poisoned him with arsenic.
他的妻子用砒霜把他毒死了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Arsenic is a poison.
砒霜是毒药.
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3. Strychnine, arsenic, and opium are poison.
马钱子碱 、 砷和鸦片都是毒药.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The analysis showed a few grains of arsenic in the solution.
分析显示溶液中有几格令的砷.
来自辞典例句
5. Arsenic is widely associated with the manufature of herbicides and pesticides.
砷广泛地应用于除草剂和杀虫剂的制造中.
来自辞典例句
arsenic 实用场景例句
Arsenic is widely distributed in nature and also an important environmental pollutant.
砷广泛分布于自然界,而且是一种重要的环境污染物.
期刊摘选
Lead chromate and arsenic disulfide are both raw materials of Chinese traditional medicine and mineral dyestuffs.
石黄和雄黄,既是中国传统的药物原料,也是传统的矿物颜料.
期刊摘选
Only a careful physical search for a source of arsenic can provide this information.
只有仔细扎实地寻找砷的来源才能提供这方面的资料.
辞典例句
Objective To find out if there are arsenic pollution and harm in Wushan type fluorosis area.
目的了解燃煤氟污染较为严重的巫山县是否存在砷的污染与危害.
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A method for the determination of trace arsenic by atomic fluorescence spectrometry was reported.
建立了一种原子荧光光谱测定膨润土中微量砷的方法.
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Strychnine, arsenic, and opium are poison.
马钱子碱 、 砷和鸦片都是毒药.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Objectives : To investigate the levels of arsenic exposure of residents in the arsenic polluted areas an.
目的: 研究砷污染地区居民砷暴露水平的分布特征.
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His wife poisoned him with arsenic.
他的妻子用砒霜把他毒死了.
《简明英汉词典》
The technique of treating matte in high content of nickel arsenic matte was studied.
本论文对某厂高镍砷冰铜处理工艺进行了研究.
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The hydride generation atomic spectrometric method was adopted for the determination of arsenic in sunflower oil.
采用氢化物发生原子荧光法测定葵花油中的砷.
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A survey was conducted to reveal pollution of fluoride , arsenic mercury on farmland around cement factories.
水泥厂在生产过程中产生的大气污染对周边环境影响较大.
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Objective To evaluate telomerase activity and effect of arsenic trioxide on acute leukemia.
目的观察白血病端粒酶活性与三氧化二砷的治疗效果.
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A ( arsenic ) is an element that can be released into ground water ( groundwater ) by soil and rocks.
砷 这种元素可通过土壤和岩石释放到地面水中.
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Arsenic is a poison.
砒霜是毒药.
《简明英汉词典》
Objective To investigate the radiosensitization of arsenic trioxide on malignant lymphoma cell lines.
目的研究三氧化二砷对恶性淋巴瘤细胞辐射敏感性的影响.
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MBE does not require the extensive safety precautions , although solid arsenic dopant must be handled carefully.
