- 1氖（化學元素）。日常多說霓虹：霓虹燈、霓虹色。台灣認霓虹，課堂才用氖。
Neon is a chemical element (symbol Ne): a colourless gas, found in tiny amounts in the air, that does not like to join with other elements. Send electricity through it in a glass tube and it glows a bright reddish-orange, which is why old shop signs used it. That is the science sense. In everyday talk, people stretch neon to mean any fierce, glowing colour — neon pink, neon green — even when the light is not this gas at all. Chemists keep the strict meaning; clothes shops and teenagers often mean the colour. Both uses are real; they are not the same thing.
From the word’s history
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέον, neuter of νέος 'new'.
借自希臘文 néon，是 néos「新的」的中性形。
組成From Ancient Greek néon, neuter of néos (new). On the surface: neo- (new) + -on, the ending used for the noble gases.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
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neonnoun/ˈni.ɒn/
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The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
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A form or sample of the element.
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Neon signs or lights, collectively.
- Bring a song and a smile for the banjo Better get while the getting's good Hitch a ride to the end of the highway Where the neons turn to wood
- Neons and LED lighting can be controlled by remotes.
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A neon tetra fish.
- There were all kinds - Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras [sic], Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish.
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Describes bright and vibrant colors having a fluorescent look.
neonadj/ˈni.ɒn/
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That resembles a neon light; extremely bright; fluorescent
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