monoxide
monoxide — 名詞
1. the dangerous gas called carbon monoxide, often made when fuel burns without eno
一氧化碳
燃料不完全燃燒產生的有毒氣體
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.
Gabriel 在室內發動汽車後，一氧化碳警報器響了。
collocation: carbon monoxide alarm
A cracked heater sent carbon monoxide through the flat overnight.
暖氣機裂開後，一氧化碳整晚散進那間公寓。
faulty heater releasing carbon monoxide
Several campers were treated after carbon monoxide entered their tent at night.
一氧化碳在夜裡進入帳篷後，幾名露營者被送去治療。
Even a small carbon monoxide leak can make sleeping people dizzy.
就算是一點點一氧化碳外洩，也會讓睡著的人頭暈。
Because carbon monoxide had leaked before, Nellie's landlord installed a detector.
因為之前發生過一氧化碳外洩，Nellie 的房東裝了偵測器。
- 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
一氧化物
每個分子只含一個氧原子的氧化物
a type of oxide that has only one oxygen atom in each molecule
Chemists call CO a monoxide because each molecule has one oxygen.
化學家把 CO 稱作一氧化物，因為每個分子只有一個氧原子。
pattern: call X a monoxide
The textbook contrasts a monoxide with a dioxide in the next chapter.
課本在下一章把一氧化物和二氧化物拿來對照。
contrast with dioxide
Students wrote the metal monoxide formula before balancing the reaction.
學生在配平反應前，先寫下那種金屬一氧化物的化學式。
In this experiment, the monoxide changed into a dioxide in air.
在這個實驗裡，那種一氧化物在空氣中變成了二氧化物。
The report describes silicon monoxide as unstable at room temperature.
報告指出一氧化矽在室溫下不穩定。
- 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.