单词 | ether |
释义 | ether n[U] 1 colourless liquid made from alcohol, used in industry as a solvent to dissolve fats, etc and (esp formerly) medically as an anaesthetic 醚; 乙醚. 2 (also aether) (a) (arch or joc 古或谑) the upper air 上空 Today´s news goes into the ether and is soon forgotten. 今天的新闻广播听後不久即置於脑後了. (b) type of substance formerly believed to fill all space through which light waves were thought to travel 以太. |
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