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单词 dichlorvos
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Definition of dichlorvos in English:

dichlorvos

noun dʌɪˈklɔːvɒsdīˈklôrvəs
mass nounChemistry
  • A pale yellow liquid used as an insecticide and veterinary anthelmintic.

    An organophosphorus compound; alternative name: 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate; chemical formula: (CH₃O)₂PO₂CHCCl₂

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This product contained the active ingredients rotenone and dichlorvos - and dichlorvos, I later learned, is an organophosphate.
    • Experiments in greenhouses and food storage areas show that 90 percent of the applied dichlorvos disappeared in three to six hours.
    • Ministers were advised last July to recall dozens of household insecticides containing the chemical dichlorvos, because of new evidence that it could cause cancer.
    • But it was recently found that some ham manufacturers here were so blinded by greed that they spread dichlorvos, a pesticide, on the ham so that flies would be kept off it.
    • It is known commercially to treat salmon suffering from infestation with sea lice by the use of the insecticide dichlorvos.

Origin

1960s: from elements of the systematic name.

 
 

Definition of dichlorvos in US English:

dichlorvos

noundīˈklôrvəs
Chemistry
  • A pale yellow liquid used as an insecticide and veterinary anthelmintic.

    An organophosphorus compound; alternative name: 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate; chemical formula: (CH₃O)₂PO₂CHCCl₂

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Experiments in greenhouses and food storage areas show that 90 percent of the applied dichlorvos disappeared in three to six hours.
    • Ministers were advised last July to recall dozens of household insecticides containing the chemical dichlorvos, because of new evidence that it could cause cancer.
    • But it was recently found that some ham manufacturers here were so blinded by greed that they spread dichlorvos, a pesticide, on the ham so that flies would be kept off it.
    • It is known commercially to treat salmon suffering from infestation with sea lice by the use of the insecticide dichlorvos.
    • This product contained the active ingredients rotenone and dichlorvos - and dichlorvos, I later learned, is an organophosphate.

Origin

1960s: from elements of the systematic name.

 
 
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