mercurial

英 [mɜːˈkjʊəriəl]

美 [mɜːrˈkjʊriəl]

adj.  多变的; 变幻莫测的; 活泼的; 机智的; 含水银的; 水银的

复数：mercurials　

GRE

BNC.19853 / COCA.21807

牛津词典

adj.

• 多变的；变幻莫测的
  often changing or reacting in a way that is unexpected
  1. Emily's mercurial temperament made her difficult to live with.
     埃米莉脾气反复无常，很难与她相处。
• 活泼的；机智的
  lively and quick
  1. a brilliant, mercurial mind
     敏捷而富有才智的头脑
• 含水银的；水银的
  containing mercury

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 善变的;变化无常的;难以预测的
  If you describe someone asmercurial, you mean that they frequently change their mind or mood without warning.
  1. ...his mercurial temperament.
     他那反复无常的脾气

英英释义

adj

• liable to sudden unpredictable change
  1. erratic behavior
  2. fickle weather
  3. mercurial twists of temperament
  4. a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
  Synonym:erraticficklequicksilver(a)
• relating to or containing or caused by mercury
  1. mercurial preparations
  2. mercurial sore mouth

双语例句

• Mercurial comes with a utility to mirror changes back and forth between svn.
  Mercurial附带一个实用程序，可以在svn之间来回复制更改。
• Sometimes he's adultly, and sometimes mercurial, do you konw which is the real him?
  他有时老成稳重，有时活泼可爱，你知道哪个才是真实的他么？
• Few people can stand Michael's mercurial personality, so he does not have many friends.
  很少有人能忍受迈克尔多变的性格，所以他的朋友不多。
• A mercurial compound applied topically as an antiseptic; Mercurochrome is the trademark.
  作为防腐剂使用的水银剂的混合物；Mercurchrome是商标。
• Conceivably, the mercurial Mr Kim might suddenly try to ditch China and re-embrace South Korea.
  可以想象，一向多变的金正恩或许会突然试图抛弃中国、向韩国重新示好。
• JetBrains also improved the experience for developers using distributed version control systems like Git or Mercurial.
  JetBrains还通过分布式版本控制系统（如Git或Mercurial）改进了开发者的体验。
• He is a complicated man-moody, mercurial, with a melancholy streak.
  他是一个性格复杂的人喜怒无常、复多变、些忧郁寡欢。
• When you commit changes, Mercurial starts your default editor to enable you to add a commit message.
  当提交更改时，Mercurial启动默认编辑器，让您能够添加提交消息。
• Not only did Ashton get the many looks of Steve brown beard, no beard, gray beard, etc but also the mercurial and often maniacal mannerisms.
  艾什顿不仅模仿了史蒂夫的外表棕色胡子、没有胡子、灰色胡子等等也抓住了史蒂夫的机智多变，以及有些疯狂的怪癖。
• For Mercurial, a popular free and paid hosting site is Bitbucket.
  对于Mercurial，流行的免费和付费托管站点是Bitbucket。