| 单词 | kieselguhr |
| 释义 | kieselguhr (once / 288276 pages) n WORD FAMILY kieselguhr USAGE EXAMPLESThe breakthrough came when he mixed nitroglycerin with the inert mineral powder kieselguhr, creating the much more stable dynamite. BBC(Jun 06, 2014) This was first done by the famous Nobel, who mixed it with a fine earth known as kieselguhr, whereby its sensitiveness was much decreased. Corbin, Thomas W., Marvels of Scientific Invention—An...(2011) Nitroglycerine, when absorbed in a porous earth called 'Kieselguhr', is called dynamite. Various, The New Gresham Encyclopedia—Volume...(2011) n a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material Syn|Hyper diatomaceous earth, diatomite filter device that removes something from whatever passes through it earth, groundthe loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface |
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