sulfur

noun

/ˈsʌlfə(r)/

/ˈsʌlfər/

(US English)

(British English sulphur)

[uncountable]

(symbol S)

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a chemical element. Sulfur is a pale yellow substance that produces a strong unpleasant smell when it burns and is used in medicine and industry. The spelling sulfur has been adopted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and by the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK. However, sulphur still remains the usual spelling in British, Irish, South African and Indian English. Both spellings are used in Canadian, Australian and New Zealand English.硫：一种化学元素。硫是一种淡黄色物质，燃烧时会产生强烈的难闻的气味，并用于医药和工业。国际纯和应用化学联合会以及英国皇家化学学会已采用了拼写硫。但是，硫磺仍然是英国，爱尔兰，南非和印度英语中的常用拼写。两种拼写均以加拿大，澳大利亚和新西兰英语使用。