mercurial的词源

英文词源

mercurial (adj.)

late 14c., "pertaining to the planet Mercury" (see Mercury). Meaning "sprightly, volatile, quick" (1590s) is from supposed qualities of those born under the planet Mercury (they also are the qualities of the god Mercury), probably also partly by association with the qualities of quicksilver. A variant in this sense was mercurious (1590s). Related: Mercurially; mercuriality.

中文词源

mercurial：水银的，多变的

来自mercury,水银。即水银的，引申词义像水银一样流动的，多变的。

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