- 1氧化物
An oxide is a substance produced when something combines with oxygen. Rust is mostly iron oxide. Carbon dioxide, the gas we breathe out, is an oxide of carbon — though actually are often surprised by that, because “oxide” sounds like a solid powder, not a gas. Water can be described as hydrogen oxide, but nobody says that at the dinner table. The word belongs to science class: you meet it in names like calcium oxide or iron oxide. An oxide is not oxygen itself (oxygen is the gas that joins in). It is also not the process; that process is . The French made the word by blending ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, so the pieces point to oxygen and acid, but in English today oxide just names this kind of compound.
From the word’s history
From French oxide, a blend of oxygène and acide, coined by Guyton de Morveau and Lavoisier.
借自法文 oxide，由 oxygène「氧」和 acide「酸」混合造出。
組成Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
oxidenoun/ˈɒksaɪd/
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
- Most metals, when subjected to heat until they become melted, combine with oxygen of the atmosphere, and form what are called oxides.
- In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.
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