oxide

noun
🔊/ˈɒksaɪd/
🔊/ˈɑːksaɪd/
[uncountable, countable] (chemistry化学)
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  1. a compound of oxygen and another chemical element氧化物
    • iron oxide氧化铁
    • an oxide of tin氧化锡
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOxide is used after these nouns:
    • metal
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from oxygène ‘oxygen’ + -ide (as in acide ‘acid’).