monoxide
monoxide — noun
1. the dangerous gas called carbon monoxide, often made when fuel burns without eno
the dangerous gas called carbon monoxide, often made when fuel burns without enough air
The carbon monoxide alarm rang after Gabriel started the car indoors.
collocation: carbon monoxide alarm
A cracked heater sent carbon monoxide through the flat overnight.
faulty heater releasing carbon monoxide
Several campers were treated after carbon monoxide entered their tent at night.
Even a small carbon monoxide leak can make sleeping people dizzy.
Because carbon monoxide had leaked before, Nellie's landlord installed a detector.
- carbon monoxide
The full and far more common everyday name for this gas.
- CO
The chemical formula, common on safety signs and technical labels.
文法句型
carbon monoxide detector
monoxide leak
monoxide poisoning
用法筆記
In everyday English, people usually say carbon monoxide rather than monoxide by itself. Common nearby words include detector, alarm, leak, and poisoning.
常見錯誤
2. a type of oxide that has only one oxygen atom in each molecule
a type of oxide that has only one oxygen atom in each molecule
Chemists call CO a monoxide because each molecule has one oxygen.
pattern: call X a monoxide
The textbook contrasts a monoxide with a dioxide in the next chapter.
contrast with dioxide
Students wrote the metal monoxide formula before balancing the reaction.
In this experiment, the monoxide changed into a dioxide in air.
The report describes silicon monoxide as unstable at room temperature.
- oxide
A broader chemistry term for any compound containing oxygen, not just this one-oxygen type.
- mono-oxide
An older or less common spelling seen in some technical writing.
文法句型
a monoxide with one oxygen atom
metal monoxide
monoxide formula
用法筆記
Used mainly in chemistry writing and often contrasted with dioxide or trioxide. It usually appears after the name of the other element or compound, as in carbon monoxide.