silicon
英['s?l?k(?)n]
美['s?l?k?n]
- n. [化學] 硅；硅元素
助記提示
n.矽，硅（音譯詞，“si”音似“矽”）。
英文詞源
- silicon
- silicon: [19] Silicon was coined in 1817 by the British chemist Thomas Thomson. Like the slightly earlier silica, it was based on Latin silex ‘flint’. From the same source comes silicone, which dates from the 1860s.
- silicon (n.)
- nonmetallic element, 1817, coined by British chemist Thomas Thomson from silica (silicon dioxide), from which it was isolated. The name is patterned on carbon, etc. Silicon chip first attested 1965; Silicon Valley for the Santa Clara Valley south of San Francisco, U.S., first attested 1974, from the concentration of manufacturers of silicon chips used in computers, watches, etc.
雙語例句
- 1. Designing silicon chips to mimic human organs sounds fanciful.
- 設(shè)計硅芯片模仿人的器官聽上去是異想天開。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.
- 這家公司開創(chuàng)了使用硅片的方法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Tomorrow's children will be even more in the thrall of the silicon chip.
- 將來硅片對孩子們的影響將進一步加深。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The Earth is made mainly of iron and silicon and things like that.
- 地球主要由鐵、硅等物質(zhì)構(gòu)成。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.
- 技術(shù)的發(fā)展趨勢有可能把硅谷重新推向未來.
來自新概念英語第四冊