mercury

['m?kj?ri]

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Mercury 水星，水銀

來自拉丁語Mercurius,古羅馬神話商業(yè)保護(hù)神Mercury.來自拉丁語merx,商人，詞源同market,merchant.用于指行星水星。同時(shí)，也用于指液態(tài)金屬水銀，把流動多變的水銀比作成瞬息萬變的商品市場。

mercury: mercury: [14] The Roman god Mercury got his name from his original role as patron of trade and tradesmen: Latin Mercurius was a derivative of merx ‘goods for sale’ (source of English commerce and merchant). The inspiration for the medieval application of the term to the fluid metal was its use as a planet-name, which dates from the classical Latin period.
=> commerce, merchant
Mercury: "the Roman god Mercury," mid-12c., from Latin Mercurius "Mercury," originally a god of tradesmen and thieves, from merx "merchandise" (see market (n.)); or perhaps [Klein, Tucker] from Etruscan and influenced by merx. Later he was associated with Greek Hermes. The planet closest to the sun so called in classical Latin (late 14c. in English). A hypothetical inhabitant of the planet was a Mercurean (1855) or a Mercurian (1868). For the metallic element, see mercury.
mercury (n.): silver-white fluid metallic element, late 14c., from Medieval Latin mercurius, from Latin Mercurius (see Mercury). Prepared from cinnabar, it was one of the seven metals (bodies terrestrial) known to the ancients, which were coupled in astrology and alchemy with the seven known heavenly bodies. This one probably so associated for its mobility. The others were Sun/gold, Moon/silver, Mars/iron, Saturn/lead, Jupiter/tin, Venus/copper. The Greek name for it was hydrargyros "liquid silver," which gives the element its symbol, Hg. Compare quicksilver.

1. That night the mercury fell to thirty degrees below zero.: 那天晚上溫度計(jì)顯示氣溫降到了零下30度。

2. Freddie Mercury was a flamboyant star of the British hard rock scene.: 弗雷迪·摩克瑞是英國硬搖滾樂界一顆耀眼的明星。