mercurial
英 [mɜ:ˈkjʊəriəl] 美 [mɜrˈkjʊriəl]

adj.

（指人）反复无常的；水银的；（指人或性质）灵活的；易变的

英英释义

mercurial[ mə:'kjuəriəl ]

• adj.
  • liable to sudden unpredictable change

    "mercurial twists of temperament"

    同义词：erraticficklequicksilver(a)

  • relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury
  • relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury
  • relating to or containing or caused by mercury

    "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Our desires and aversions are mercurial rulers.
   我们的欲望与嫌恶是变化无常的统治者。
2. He was of a mercurial temperament and therefore unpredictable.
   他是个反复无常的人,因此对他的行为无法预言。
3. She has a mercurial turn of conversation.
   她谈话善转话锋。
4. A mercurial barometer has a glass tube a little more than 30 inches long.
   水银气压表有一长30英寸多一点的玻璃管。

权威例句

Histamine: mercurial messenger in the gut
Reductive cyclization of mercurial enones
Human serum albumin-mercurial species interactions
An agarose mercurial column for the separation of mercaptopapain and nonmercaptopapain
ChemInform Abstract: REDUCTIVE CYCLIZATION OF MERCURIAL ENONES
The mercurial insensitive water channel (AQP-4) forms orthogonal arrays in stably transfected Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Molecular cloning of a mercurial-insensitive water channel expressed in selected water-transporting tissues
Immunolocalization of the mercurial-insensitive water channel and glycerol intrinsic protein in epithelial cell plasma membranes
Generation and phenotype of a transgenic knockout mouse lacking the mercurial-insensitive water channel aquaporin-4.
cDNA cloning, gene organization, and chromosomal localization of a human mercurial insensitive water channel. Evidence for distinct ...