Значение

значений: 9
  1. Senses relating to the metal.

    (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.

    Quecksilber

    ртутьrtutʹ, гидра́ргирумgidrárgirum, мерку́рийmerkúrij

    ртутьrtutʹ

    a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

  2. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Preceded by the: mercury (noun sense 1) as used in the column of a barometer or thermometer, its fall or rise thus indicating the decrease or increase of ambient pressure or temperature.

    The mercury there has averaged 37.6°C, 2.3°C above the February norm.

    temperature measured by a mercury thermometer

  3. (исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A preparation containing mercury (noun sense 1), especially calomel (mercurous chloride) or corrosive sublimate (mercuric chloride), formerly used as a medicine to treat syphilis, etc.

  4. (исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.

  5. Senses relating to plants.

    (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)An annual plant, now generally called annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), chiefly native to central and southern Europe which was formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.

  6. Chiefly with a descriptive word.

    (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis; specifically (obsolete), dog's mercury or wild mercury (Mercurialis perennis).

    Bingelkraut

    проле́сникprolésnik

    переліскаpereliska

  7. Any of several plants resembling Mercurialis plants but of a different genus, or having similar medicinal or toxic qualities as annual mercury or dog's mercury.

    (Северная Англия, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Allgood or Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus), a species of goosefoot native to central and southern Europe formerly cultivated as a vegetable but now generally regarded as a weed; English mercury, false mercury (obsolete).

  8. (Northeastern, США, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Poison ivy or poison oak (genus Toxicodendron, especially the eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) or Atlantic poison oak (Toxicodendron pubescens)).

  9. Senses relating to the metal.

    (исчисляемое, переносно, устаревшее, неисчисляемое)Liveliness, volatility.

Примеры

предложений: 188
  1. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

    Меркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

    ukМеркурій — найближча до Сонця планета. — deniko

  2. Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun.

    Меркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

    ukМеркурій — найближча до Сонця планета. — deniko

  3. Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.

    Меркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed

  4. Mercury is a planet.

    Меркурий — это планета. — marafon

    deMerkur ist ein Planet. — Melang

  5. The planet closest to the sun is Mercury.

    Ближайшая к Солнцу планета - Меркурий. — marafon

    ukНайближча до Сонця планета - це Меркурій. — miketheknight

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 2
silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80:
any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis:
Русский
По значениям 2
silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80:
any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80:
any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis:

Происхождение

The noun is derived from Middle English mercurie (“metallic chemical element, quicksilver;

The noun is derived from Middle English mercurie (“metallic chemical element, quicksilver; a plant, probably goosefoot (genus Chenopodium); (possibly) dog’s mercury (Mercurialis perennis); etc.”), borrowed from Late Latin mercurius (“metallic chemical element, quicksilver”), Latin Mercurius (“Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, communication, etc.; the planet Mercury; etc.”), possibly from merc-, a stem of merx (“goods, wares; merchandise”); further etymology uncertain, possibly:

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