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sulphurous a. 硫磺的;含有硫磺的 硫磺的;含有硫磺的 sulphurous adj 1: of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur [synonym: {sulfurous}, {sulphurous}] 2: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [synonym: {acerb}, {acerbic}, {acid}, {acrid}, {bitter}, {blistering}, {caustic}, {sulfurous}, {sulphurous}, {virulent}, {vitriolic}] 3: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [synonym: {sultry}, {stifling}, {sulfurous}, {sulphurous}] Sulphurous \Sul"phur*ous\, a. [L. sulphurosus, sulfurosus: cf.
F. sulfureux.] 1. Of or pertaining to sulphur. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) (a) Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds. (b) Having the characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur compounds. [1913 Webster] {Sulphurous acid}. (a) Sulphur dioxide. See under {Sulphur}. [Obs.] (b) An acid, {H2SO3}, not known in the free state except as a solution of sulphur dioxide in water, but forming a well-known series of salts (the sulphites). {Sulphurous anhydride} (Chem.), sulphur dioxide. See under {Sulphur}. [1913 Webster]
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