水银

1. 铁虽然重，但它能浮在水银上。
   Heavy as iron be, it will float in mercury.
2. 沙漏；滴漏用于计时的仪器，由两个玻璃盒组成，中由一细颈相连，盒内装有一定量的沙子，水银或其他流动物质，这些物质在一固定量的时间里，通常为一个小时，从上方的盒内慢慢流入下方的盒子中
   An instrument for measuring time, consisting of two glass chambers connected by a narrow neck and containing a quantity of sand, mercury, or another flowing substance that trickles from the upper chamber to the lower in a fixed amount of time, often one hour.
3. 政客好比水银；当你要抓住他（的过错）的时候，你会发觉并未抓到什么东西。
   A politician is like quicksilver; if you try to put your finger on him, you will find nothing under it.
4. 水银温度计停留在摄氏35度左右。
   The mercury hovered around 35 Celsius degree.

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