crucible 音標拼音: [kr'usəbəl]
n . 坩鍋,嚴酷的考驗
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crucible n 1 :
a vessel made of material that does not melt easily ;
used for high temperature chemical reactions [
synonym : {
crucible },
{
melting pot }]
Crucible \
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n . [
LL .
crucibulum a hanging lamp ,
an earthen pot for melting metals (
cf .
OF .
croisel ,
creuseul ,
sort of lamp ,
crucible ,
F .
creuset crucible ),
prob .
of German origin ;
cf .
OHG .
kr [=
u ]
sul ,
LG .
kr ["
u ]
sel ,
hanging lamp ,
kroos ,
kruus ,
mug ,
jug ,
jar ,
D .
kroes cup ,
crucible ,
Dan .
kruus ,
Sw .
krus ,
E .
cruse .
It was confused with derivatives of L .
crux cross (
cf . {
Crosslet }),
and crucibles were said to have been marked with a cross ,
to prevent the devil from marring the chemical operation .
See {
Cruse },
and cf . {
Cresset }.]
1 .
A vessel or melting pot ,
composed of some very refractory substance ,
as clay ,
graphite ,
platinum ,
and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat ,
as metals ,
ores ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace ,
to receive the melted metal .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A test of the most decisive kind ;
a severe trial ;
as ,
the crucible of affliction .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Hessian crucible } (
Chem .),
a cheap ,
brittle ,
and fragile ,
but very refractory crucible ,
composed of the finest fire clay and sand ,
and commonly used for a single heating ; --
named from the place of manufacture .
[
1913 Webster ]
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "
crucible ":
Bunsen burner ,
Erlenmeyer flask ,
Kipp generator ,
acid test ,
affliction ,
agitator ,
alembic ,
anvil ,
aspirator ,
assay ,
beaker ,
beater ,
blank determination ,
blender ,
blowpipe ,
brouillon ,
burette ,
caldron ,
calvary ,
capillary tube ,
cement mixer ,
churn ,
condenser ,
criterion ,
cross ,
crucial test ,
deflagrating spoon ,
desiccator ,
determination ,
distiller ,
docimasy ,
eggbeater ,
emulsifier ,
engine ,
essay ,
etna ,
feeling out ,
first draft ,
kiteflying ,
lathe ,
machine ,
matrass ,
melting pot ,
mixer ,
mortar ,
motor ,
ordeal ,
pestle and mortar ,
pipette ,
precision balance ,
probation ,
proof ,
reagent bottle ,
receiver ,
retort ,
rough draft ,
rough sketch ,
sounding out ,
standard ,
still ,
test ,
test case ,
test tube ,
touchstone ,
transducer ,
transformer ,
trial ,
tribulation ,
try ,
verification ,
visitation
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