nitro
nitro — 名詞
1. a short, everyday word for 'nitroglycerine', a medicine that people with heart d
硝化甘油
硝化甘油的簡稱，治療心絞痛的藥物
a short, everyday word for 'nitroglycerine', a medicine that people with heart disease put under their tongue or spray into their mouth to stop or prevent sudden chest pain.
Mei-Lin felt a tightness in her chest, so she took a dose of nitro and waited for relief.
Mei-Lin 感到胸口悶痛，於是服用了一劑硝化甘油，等待症狀緩解。
collocation: take a dose of nitro
The doctor told Mr. Okafor to keep his nitro spray in his coat pocket.
醫生告訴 Okafor 先生，要把硝化甘油噴霧隨時放在外套口袋裡。
After heart surgery, Thomas carried a small bottle of nitro pills everywhere he went.
Thomas 心臟手術後，不論去哪裡都會隨身攜帶一小瓶硝化甘油藥丸。
The paramedic asked Elena whether she had taken any nitro before the ambulance arrived.
救護人員問 Elena 在救護車到達之前是否服用過硝化甘油。
Nitro widens the blood vessels so that more oxygen-rich blood reaches the heart.
硝化甘油擴張血管，讓更多含氧血液到達心臟。
- nitroglycerine
the full chemical name, more formal and used in medical writing
- glyceryl trinitrate
the scientific pharmaceutical name, rarely used outside prescriptions
文法句型
nitro + noun (nitro spray / nitro pill)
用法筆記
Only used as an informal spoken abbreviation for nitroglycerine in medical contexts. The full form appears in written prescriptions and official drug labels.
常見錯誤
nitro — 形容詞
- nitropositive
- more nitrocomparative
- most nitrosuperlative
1. relating to or containing the chemical unit NO₂ (one nitrogen atom joined to two
硝基的
含有NO₂化學基團的
relating to or containing the chemical unit NO₂ (one nitrogen atom joined to two oxygen atoms), which appears in many industrial and laboratory substances.
The chemist warned that nitro compounds can become unstable when heated to high temperatures.
化學家警告說，硝基化合物在加熱到高溫時可能會變得不穩定。
collocation: nitro compound
Dr. Haruki's research examines how nitro groups influence the colour of synthetic dyes.
Haruki 博士的研究探討硝基如何影響合成染料的顏色。
Nitro derivatives of benzene are often used as raw materials in the pharmaceutical industry.
苯的硝基衍生物常被用作製藥工業的原料。
The safety sheet listed the nitro content of each substance before the lab experiment began.
安全資料表在實驗開始前列出了每種物質的硝基含量。
Many nitro aromatic compounds are bright yellow or orange in their solid form.
許多硝基芳香族化合物在固態時呈現亮黃色或橙色。
文法句型
nitro + noun
用法筆記
This sense is almost exclusively used by chemists and in technical writing. The NO₂ group is sometimes called a 'nitro group' and is written as −NO₂ in structural formulas.
2. describing substances or products that have been chemically combined with nitrog
硝化產品的
經氮化物處理的工業產品
describing substances or products that have been chemically combined with nitrogen compounds, often used in fertilisers, fuels, paints, or explosives.
The farm switched to nitro fertilisers after the soil showed a serious lack of nitrogen.
在土壤顯示嚴重缺氮之後，這座農場改用硝化肥料。
collocation: nitro fertiliser
Kwame tested the performance of different nitro fuels in his engineering laboratory.
Kwame 在他的工程實驗室裡測試了不同硝化燃料的性能。
Nitro paints are popular in car repair because they dry fast and leave a hard finish.
硝化塗料在汽車維修很受歡迎，因為它們乾得快而且表面堅硬。
The safety inspector checked the storage area for all nitro materials classified as hazardous.
安全檢查員檢查了所有列為危險物質的硝化材料的儲存區域。
Zola's chemistry project compared the burn rates of three different nitro-based rocket propellants.
Zola 的化學專題比較了三種硝化火箭推進劑的燃燒速率。
- nitrated
the more precise technical term; 'nitro' is a shortened form used in product names
文法句型
nitro + noun
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (CONTAINING NO₂): this sense describes finished commercial or industrial products that contain nitro groups or nitrogen compounds as ingredients, not the chemical group itself.