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sulphur/ˈsʌlfə/ n. & v. (US [美] sulfur)●n. 1a a pale yellow non-metallic element having crystalline and amorphous forms, burning with a blue flame and a suffocating smell, and used in making gunpowder, matches, and sulphuric acid, in the vulcanizing of rubber, and in the treatment of skin diseases (symbol 符 S) 硫，硫磺 b (作 attrib.) like or containing sulphur 似硫的；含硫的 2 the material of which hellfire and lightning were believed to consist 硫火(一些人所相信的构成地狱之火和闪电的物质) 3 any yellow butterfly of the family Pieridae 粉蝶科黄色蝴蝶 4 a pale greenish-yellow colour 硫磺色，绿黄色 ●v. tr. 1 treat with sulphur 用硫处理 2 fumigate with sulphur 用硫磺熏 □ sulphury adj.[Middle English via Anglo-French sulf(e)re, Old French soufre from Latin sulfur, sulp(h)ur] |