Volatile

(noun.) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; 'it was heated to evaporate the volatiles'.

(adj.) tending to vary often or widely; 'volatile stocks'; 'volatile emotions' .

(adj.) evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; 'volatile oils'; 'volatile solvents' .

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• Lydgate made her drink a dose of sal volatile. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• A refrigerating chamber _b_, submerged in the water, is charged internally with some volatile liquid, such as ether. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This employed anhydrous sulphurous acid as the volatile agent, and is described in United States patent No. 187,413, February 13, 1877; French patent No. 109,003, of 1875. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Have you any salts--volatile salts? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Osmium from a volatile compound of same thus deposited makes a filament as good as carbon when in vacuo. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The volatile parts are carried off by the pipe, and the solid carbonaceous matter, or coke, is left in the retort. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The mixture should be preserved in bottles with glass stoppers, as the benzine is very volatile. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Salicylic acid is a white, dry, crystalline powder, devoid of smell or taste, undergoes no change when kept in store, and is neither inflammable nor volatile. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Ain't I volatile, Mr. Copperfield? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Raymond is a witness what ginger and sal volatile I am obliged to take in the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The chloroform being volatile and very heavy, settled in the box and displaced all the air. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Mr. Copperfield, ain't I volatile? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The ether especially is so volatile that an open bottle will take fire from a gas-jet or blaze several feet away if the draft is right. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• No doubt, thought I, this gay young volatile creature, surrounded as he is by temptation, will forget me in less than a month! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The gas is mingled with various volatile products as it issues from the retort, and requires to be purified before it is fitted for illumination. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

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