| 单词 | cyanide |
| 释义 | cyanide From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishChemistrycyanidecy‧a‧nide /ˈsaɪənaɪd/ noun [uncountable]HCa very strong poisonExamples from the Corpuscyanide• In May last year Aurul began mixing the toxic dust with water and cyanide.• The item states' Guests at a luxury hotel were poisoned by cyanide in the swimming pool yesterday.• In fact, when scientifically tested, it has been shown to release dangerously high levels of cyanide into the bloodstream.• But the explosion burned up the sodium cyanide...• Death will come by lethal injection, rather than cyanide gas, since gassing has been challenged in California as unduly cruel.• I have a couple of friends who almost broke out the cyanide.Origin cyanide (1800-1900) cyanogen type of poisonous gas ((19-21 centuries)), from French cyanogène, from Greek kyanos ( → CYAN) |
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