quicklime

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water. countable,uncountable
    — The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots.
动词 v.
  1. To treat (something) with quicklime. transitive

词形变化

quicklimes plural quicklimes present,singular,third-person quickliming participle,present quicklimed participle,past quicklimed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.
词源 2
From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.
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