quicklime
n.
late 14c., from quick, adj. "living" + lime, n.1. A loan-translation of Latin calx viva. So called perhaps for being unquenched, or for the vigorousness of its qualities; compare Old English cwicfyr "sulfur."
| 词汇 | quicklime |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary quicklime n. late 14c., from quick, adj. "living" + lime, n.1. A loan-translation of Latin calx viva. So called perhaps for being unquenched, or for the vigorousness of its qualities; compare Old English cwicfyr "sulfur." |
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