cyanide

• n. [無化] 氰化物

cyan, 縮寫自cyanogen, 氰。-ide, 化學名詞後綴，見oxide.

cyanide (n.)

a salt of hydrocyanic acid, 1826, coined from cyan-, comb. form for carbon and nitrogen compounds, from Greek kyanos "dark blue" (see cyan) + chemical ending -ide, on analogy of chloride. So called because it first had been obtained by heating the dye pigment powder known as Prussian blue (see Prussian).

1. The police say he swallowed a cyanide capsule to avoid arrest.

警察說他為了逃避逮捕就吞了一顆氰化物膠囊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Someone had fed him a lethal dose of cyanide.

有人給他下了致命劑量的氰化物。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Cyanide is used to kill insects.

氰化物可用來殺害蟲.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Cyanide can serve as precursor for the amide nitrogen of asparagine.

氰化物可以作一個天門冬酰胺的酰胺氮前體.

來自辭典例句

5. It may, however, serve as a mechanism for cyanide detoxification.

但是也可能這是一條氰化物解毒的途徑.

來自辭典例句