phosphoric

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to the element phosphorus; containing phosphorus, especially in its higher valency (5). not-comparable
    — An old man to whom a few drops of phosphoric ether had been administered experienced repeated and imperious venereal wants.
  2. Pertaining to a phosphor; phosphorescent. figuratively,literary,not-comparable
    — I refer to the light in the tail of a glow-worm […] first, that it is phosphoric; secondly, that its use is to attract the male insect.

词源

Etymology tree
English phosphor
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English phosphoric
From phosphor + -ic.
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