- (literary)
often changing or reacting in a way that is unexpected synonym volatile多變的;變幻莫測的 - (literary)
lively and quick 活潑的;機智的 a brilliant, mercurial mind 敏捷而富有才智的頭腦
- (specialist)
containing mercury 含水銀的;水銀的 mercurial compounds 汞化合物
Word Originlate Middle English (referring to something of the planet Mercury): from Latin mercurialis ‘relating to the god Mercury’, from Mercurius ‘Mercury’. Senses (1) and (2) date from the mid 17th cent.