quicksilver

名词 quicksilver:

1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
   同义词：mercury, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80

形容词 quicksilver:

1. liable to sudden unpredictable change
   同义词：erratic, fickle, mercurial

1. A politician is like quicksilver; if you try to put your finger on him, you will find nothing under it.
   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。

quick.sil.ver

n.（名词）
See mercury
参见 mercury
adj.（形容词）
Unpredictable; mercurial:
不可预测的；反复无常的：
例句：
.a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next.(Sven Birkerts)
.一个性情多变的人物，有时冷漠任性，而一会儿则变得很脆弱.(斯文·伯克斯)

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English cwicseolfor
源自 古英语 cwicseolfor
cwic, cwicu [alive] * see g wei-
cwic, cwicu [活的] *参见 g wei-
seolfor [silver] translation of Latin argentum vovum * see silver
seolfor [银] 拉丁语 argentum vovum的翻译 *参见 silver