- (literary)
often changing or reacting in a way that is unexpected synonym volatile多变的;变幻莫测的 - (literary)
lively and quick 活泼的;机智的 a brilliant, mercurial mind 敏捷而富有才智的头脑
- (specialist)
containing mercury 含水银的;水银的 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.