1.
Fluorescent lamp：Type of electric discharge lamp consisting of a glass tube filled with a mixture of argon AND mercury vapor.
萤光灯:藉磷光粉涂层所发萤光照明的放电灯。
2.
Italian mathematician AND physicist who invented the mercury barometer.
托里切利，伊凡吉利斯坦1608－1647意大利数学家和物理学家，他发明了水银温度计
3.
Astronomers don't know why Mercury rotates so slowly, but they do know that this slowness means there is lot of heat AND cold.
天文学家不知道水星自传为什么如此之慢，但是他们知道这种缓慢意味着有大量的炙热和寒冷。
4.
A common laboratory source of light is provided by a mercury ARC
通常的实验室光源选用汞弧灯。
5.
Jupiter, grieved by the sufferings of his mistress, sent Mercury to dispatch ARGUS
朱庇特见到情人受苦，很是伤心，打发墨丘利去除掉阿尔戈斯。
6.
According to Homer, Maia BORE Mercury at the peep of day-a schemer subtle beyond all belier
荷马说，迈亚在黎明时分生下墨丘利，他是个计谋过人的智多星。
7.
The mercury hovered around 35 Celsius degree.
水银温度计停留在摄氏35度左右。
8.
The Mondeo is selling briskly in Europe,while the U.S.versions,the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique,are now being lauched to critical acclaim.
蒙蒂欧在欧洲卖得很顺利，而美国款的福特“CONTOUR”和“MERCURY MYSTIQUE”，目前正在关键性的评论声中推入市场
9.
The Mercury resembled an oversized Ford
林肯车象是一部过于庞大的福特车。
10.
Galileo used a mercury clepsydra to time his experimental falling bodies.
直到16世纪时，迦利略还用水银漏壶为其自由落体实验计时。
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