quicksilver

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element;
the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
• Syn:
mercury, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80
• Derivationally related forms:
mercurial (for: mercury), mercuric (for: mercury), mercurous (for: mercury)
• Hypernyms:
metallic element, metal
• Substance Holonyms:
cinnabar, calomel, mercurous chloride

II - adjective

liable to sudden unpredictable change (Freq. 1)
- erratic behavior
- fickle weather
- mercurial twists of temperament
- a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
• Syn:
erratic, fickle, mercurial
• Similar to:
changeable, changeful
• Derivationally related forms:
fickleness (for: fickle)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver(a), mercury, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80