quicklime的词源

英文词源

quicklime (n.)

late 14c., from quick (adj.) "living" + lime (n.1). A loan-translation of Latin calx viva. So called perhaps for being unquenched, or for the vigorousness of its qualities; compare Old English cwicfyr "sulfur."

中文词源

quicklime：石灰

来自quick,有生命力的，lime,石灰。比喻用法。

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