mercurial
adjective /mɜːˈkjʊəriəl/
/mɜːrˈkjʊriəl/
- (literary) often changing or reacting in a way that is unexpected
多变的；变幻莫测的 - Emily's mercurial temperament made her difficult to live with.
埃米莉脾气反复无常，很难与她相处。 - Advertising is a mercurial business.
广告是一个多变的行业。
- Emily's mercurial temperament made her difficult to live with.
- (literary) lively and quick
活泼的；机智的 - a brilliant, mercurial mind
敏捷而富有才智的头脑
- a brilliant, mercurial mind
- (specialist) containing mercury
含水银的；水银的 - mercurial compounds
汞化合物
- mercurial compounds
词源late Middle English (referring to something of the planet Mercury): from Latin mercurialis ‘relating to the god Mercury’, from Mercurius ‘Mercury’. Senses (1) and (2) date from the mid 17th cent.