crucible
/ˈkruː.sɪ.bəl/
- n.
- 坩锅，严酷的考验
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
crucible
词源说明
From Latin crucibulum (“night-lamp, metallurgic melting-pot”), apparently a derivative of crux (“cross”), perhaps by analogy to thūribulum (“censer”) and suffix -bulum, or from crucio (“to torment”).
释义
名词noun
- 1(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
- 2A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay