| 单词 | volatile |
| 释义 | volatile —volatility /vol'euh til"i tee/, volatileness, n. /vol"euh tl, -til/ or, esp. Brit., /-tuyl'/, adj. 1. evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent. 2. tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive: a volatile political situation. 3. changeable; mercurial; flighty: a volatile disposition. 4. (of prices, values, etc.) tending to fluctuate sharply and regularly: volatile market conditions. 5. fleeting; transient: volatile beauty. 6. Computers. of or pertaining to storage that does not retain data when electrical power is turned off or fails. 7. able to fly or flying. n. 8. a volatile substance, as a gas or solvent. [1250-1300; ME < L volatilis, equiv. to volat(us) (ptp. of volare to fly; see -ATE1) + -ilis -ILE] Syn. 2. eruptive, unstable, unsettled. |
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