nitre
发音
How to pronounce nitre in British English:
英 ['naɪtə]
How to pronounce nitre in American English:
美 ['naɪtə]
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- Noun:
- (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
单词词源
- nitre (n.)
- c. 1400, "native sodium carbonate," from Old French nitre (13c.), from Latin nitrum, from Greek nitron, which is possibly of Eastern origin (compare Hebrew nether "carbonate of soda;" Egyptian ntr). Originally a word for native soda, but also associated from Middle Ages with saltpeter (potassium nitrate) for obscure reasons; this became the predominant sense by late 16c.
双语例句
- 1. Clinical observation of 5-mono nitre isosorbide combined with ginkgo leaf in treating angina pectoris .
- 2. For though thou wash thee with nitre , and take thee much soap , [ yet ] thine iniquity is marked before me , saith the lord god .
- 3. For though thou wash thee with nitre , and take thee much soap , yet thine iniquity is marked before me , saith the lord god .