quark

noun

/kwɑːk/

/kwɑːrk/, /kwɔːrk/

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[countable] (physics) a very small part of matter (= a substance). There are several types of quark and it is thought that protons, neutrons, etc. are formed from them.Topics Physics and chemistryc2
[uncountable] a type of soft cheese from central Europe, similar to curd cheeseTopics Foodc2

Word Origin1960s: a word invented by Murray Gell-Mann, the American theoretical physicist. Originally quork, the term was changed by association with the line “Three quarks for Muster Mark” in Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1939).

单词	quark
释义	quark noun /kwɑːk/ /kwɑːrk/, /kwɔːrk/ jump to other results [countable] (physics) a very small part of matter (= a substance). There are several types of quark and it is thought that protons, neutrons, etc. are formed from them.Topics Physics and chemistryc2 [uncountable] a type of soft cheese from central Europe, similar to curd cheeseTopics Foodc2 Word Origin1960s: a word invented by Murray Gell-Mann, the American theoretical physicist. Originally quork, the term was changed by association with the line “Three quarks for Muster Mark” in Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1939).
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