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C Middle 6699.Volatile 英 Vɒlətaɪl]美 Vɑlətl 释义 Adj

正面 6699.volatile
英 ['vɒlətaɪl]美 ['vɑlətl]

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释义:
adj. [化学] 挥发性的;不稳定的;爆炸性的;反覆无常的n. 挥发物;有翅的动物n. (Volatile)人名;(意)沃拉蒂莱
例句:
1. There have been riots before and the situation is volatile.以前曾发生过暴乱,现在局势不太稳定。

1. 河流的两岸 => 对峙、敌手、对手 => 就像撕裂的东西而形成的对峙。2. 同源:river, rival, rive, ...
volatile 浮动的,易挥发的来自拉丁语volare,飞,可能来自will,意愿,引申义浮动的,挥发的。
volatilevolatile: see volleyvolatile (adj.)1590s "fine or light," also "evaporating rapidly" (c. 1600), from Middle French volatile, from Latin volatilis "fleeting, transitory; swift, rapid; flying, winged," from past participle stem of volare "to fly" (see volant). Sense of "readily changing, flighty, fickle" is first recorded 1640s. Volatiles in Middle English meant "birds, butterflies, and other winged creatures" (c. 1300)."

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