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sulphurous a. 硫磺的;含有硫磺的 硫磺的;含有硫磺的 sulphurous adj 1: of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur [ synonym: { sulfurous}, { sulphurous}] 2: harsh or corrosive in tone; " an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; " a barrage of acid comments"; " her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; " bitter words"; " blistering criticism"; " caustic jokes about political assassination, talk- show hosts and medical ethics"; " a sulfurous denunciation"; " a vitriolic critique" [ synonym: { acerb}, { acerbic}, { acid}, { acrid}, { bitter}, { blistering}, { caustic}, { sulfurous}, { sulphurous}, { virulent}, { vitriolic}] 3: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; " the summer was sultry and oppressive"; " the stifling atmosphere"; " the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [ synonym: { sultry}, { stifling}, { sulfurous}, { sulphurous}] Sulphurous \ Sul" phur* ous\, a. [ L. sulphurosus, sulfurosus: cf. F. sulfureux.] 1. Of or pertaining to sulphur. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Chem.) ( a) Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds. ( b) Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds. [ 1913 Webster] { Sulphurous acid}. ( a) Sulphur dioxide. See under { Sulphur}. [ Obs.] ( b) An acid, { H2SO3}, not known in the free state except as a solution of sulphur dioxide in water, but forming a well- known series of salts ( the sulphites). { Sulphurous anhydride} ( Chem.), sulphur dioxide. See under { Sulphur}. [ 1913 Webster]
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