sulphur
发音
How to pronounce sulphur in British English:
英 ['sʌlfə(r)]
How to pronounce sulphur in American English:
美 [ˈsʌlfɚ]
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- Noun:
- an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
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- Verb:
- treat with sulphur in order to preserve
单词词源
- sulphur
- sulphur: [14] 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 [12], etymologically ‘burning stone’) as sulphur.
- sulphur (n.)
- see sulfur. The form prefered in Britain; however, the spelling's suggestion of a Greek origin is misleading.
双语例句
- 1. And sulphur is needed for other things-including brain development .
- 2. The water & apos ; s sulphur content gives these caves a stinky rotten-egg smell .
- 3. Sulphur is released when we burn coal and oil .
- 4. If an unusual microbiome leads to the gut needing extra sulphur , the brain may pay the price by developing abnormally .
- 5. Micro-organisms able to metabolise sulphur and nitrogen have the potential to achieve the same endpoint under more normal conditions .