单词 | elemental |
释义 | elemental (elɪmentəl ) adjective Elemental feelings and types of behaviour are simple, basic, and forceful. [literary] ...the elemental life they would be living in this new colony. Collocations: elemental force The war was by this stage transformed in the popular mind into an elemental force; something inflicted on the people from without; beyond morality, guilt or even human agency. Times, Sunday Times They are filled with the night and elemental forces. Times, Sunday Times They are elemental forces who play to the limit and occasionally, when provoked, beyond it. Times, Sunday Times Titanium contains a few other gimmicky nods to the elemental forces alluded to in the title, plus an unexpected spot of animation involving butterflies. Times, Sunday Times Ancient life on the 'surface' of nature was able to obtain what was essential to it from the waste products and excretions of elemental forces and substances. The Times Literary Supplement Home advantage, once again, in its most elemental form. Times, Sunday Times Other metal oxides can be used, such as chromium oxide, to generate the given metal in its elemental form. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ordinary form of hydrogen refers to the elemental form of hydrogen with a molecular weight of approximately 1 g/mol. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The enzyme converts methyl mercury to the much less toxic elemental form of the metal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Quite soon, bromine was found to have advantages, but was not used in elemental form. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sheer, elemental power of that voice was staggering. Times, Sunday Times It relates to a much more plausible, elemental power play of 'who eats whom'. Times, Sunday Times A vast, undulating metallic sheet unfurls over the audience; rising and crashing down like an enormous wave, it has a thrilling, elemental power. Times, Sunday Times Winter storms can generate waves that crash over the top of the nearby 30ft sea wall - an elemental power that makes it so compelling and popular. Times, Sunday Times Used to channel his elemental power of air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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