aniline
/ˈænɪliːn/noun
mass noun
1- Chemistry a colourless oily liquid present in coal tar. It is used in the manufacture of dyes, drugs, and plastics, and was the basis of the earliest synthetic dyes.【化】阿尼林, 苯胺, 生色精。
1.1
- Chem. formula: C6H5NH2.化学分子式： C6H5NH2.
词源
mid 19th cent.: from anil 'indigo' (from which it was originally obtained)， via French and Portuguese from Arabic an-nīl （from Sanskrit nīlī., from nīla 'dark blue'）.