mercury /'mә:kjuri/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
• (n.) (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
• (n.) the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun

Chinese translation

• n. 水银, 汞, 使者
• [化] 汞Hg

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'mә:kjuri/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL

Frequency

Zipf 4.02 · Super Rare

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Related words

mercy · merchant · merchandise · merciful · mercenary · mercantile · merciless

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