chlorine

/ˈklɔːriːn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈklɔːriːn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈklȯr-ˌēn -ən/ (ame, mw)

chlorine — 名詞

1. a yellow-green gas with a sharp smell, often put into swimming pools and drinkin

1.名詞B2
釋義

氯；氯氣

黃綠色有刺鼻味的化學元素

a yellow-green gas with a sharp smell, often put into swimming pools and drinking water to stop germs from growing in it.

例句

Hoa could smell chlorine the moment she walked into the swimming pool building.

Hoa 一走進游泳池館，就聞到了氯的味道。

smell chlorine — typical sensory collocation

The city adds a small amount of chlorine to the tap water to kill bacteria.

市政府會在自來水裡加入少量的氯，用來殺死細菌。

add chlorine to + water — purification context

同義詞
  • bleach

    household liquid that contains chlorine; not the element itself

用法筆記

Uncountable; never *a chlorine* or *chlorines*. Often used as a modifier in fixed compounds (chlorine gas, chlorine bleach, chlorine level).

常見錯誤

❌The pool has too many chlorines.
✅The pool has too much chlorine.
💡chlorine is uncountable, like water or oxygen.
❌She put a chlorine in the bucket.
✅She put some chlorine in the bucket.
💡no article *a*; use *some* or a measure word.