sulphur: [14] The origins of Latin sulphur are not known, although it may have links with German schwefel ‘sulphur’. It has spread throughout the Romance languages (French soufre, Italian solfo, and, with the addition of Arabic al ‘the’, Spanish azufre), and has been borrowed into Dutch as sulfer and into English (where it eventually replaced the native brimstone [12], etymologically ‘burning stone’) as sulphur.
sulphur (n.)
see sulfur. The form prefered in Britain; however, the spelling's suggestion of a Greek origin is misleading.
双语例句
1. Sulphur-containing compounds are often prefixed by the term "thio"
含硫化合物的名称前通常有前缀thio。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment.
硫也可用来给器材消毒。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The pungent, choking smell of sulphur filled the air.
