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单词 quicksilver
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quicksilver

(kwɪksɪlvəʳ)
1. uncountable noun
Quicksilver is the same as mercury.
[old-fashioned]
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Quicksilver movements or changes are very fast and unpredictable.
...her quicksilver changes of mood.

quicksilver in British English

(ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvə)
noun
1.  another name for mercury (sense 1)
adjective
2. 
rapid or unpredictable in movement or change
a quicksilver temper
Word origin
Old English, from cwicu alive + seolfer silver

quicksilver in American English

(ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvər)
noun
1. 
mercury
see also mercury (sense 3) mercury (sense 3a)
verb transitive
2. 
to cover with mercury
adjective
3. 
of or like mercury
4. 
suggestive of mercury; specif., quick, lively, brilliant, etc.
Word origin
ME < OE cwicseolfor < cwicu, living (see quick) + seolfor, silver: transl. of L argentum vivum, lit., living silver: from its liquid form

Examples of 'quicksilver' in a sentence
quicksilver

Hanuman smiled, and then he spoke, and his words were as cool as quicksilver, `But we haven't recorded your memories yet.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2002)
That physical manifestation of the Skill-magic had gleamed like quicksilver.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
For them, your words are like quicksilver, and you speak and speak, and more and morepeople knock at Bardo's gates to listen.
Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2002)
They were like crystal clear pools of pale green water, emotions, thoughts, flashing like quicksilver fish in their depths.
Stephanie Laurens DEVIL'S BRIDE (2002)
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