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mercurial

adjective
🔊/mɜːˈkjʊəriəl/
🔊/mɜːrˈkjʊriəl/
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  1. (literary) often changing or reacting in a way that is unexpected多变的；变幻莫测的 synonym volatile
    • Emily's mercurial temperament made her difficult to live with.埃米莉脾气反复无常，很难与她相处。🔊🔊
    • Advertising is a mercurial business.广告是一项商业活动。
  2. (literary) lively and quick活泼的；机智的
    • a brilliant, mercurial mind敏捷而富有才智的头脑
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  3. (specialist) containing mercury含水银的；水银的
    • mercurial compounds汞化合物
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (referring to something of the planet Mercury): from Latin mercurialis ‘relating to the god Mercury’, from Mercurius ‘Mercury’. Senses (1) and (2) date from the mid 17th cent.