quicksilver词典解释

1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

1. liable to sudden unpredictable change;

   "erratic behavior"
   "fickle weather"
   "mercurial twists of temperament"
   "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
   

1.同 mercury
Quicksilver is the same asmercury .

2.（动作、变化）极快的；变化无常的;变幻莫测的
Quicksilver movements or changes are very fast and unpredictable.

e.g. ...herquicksilver changes of mood.
她变化无常的情绪

• quicksilver ability无孔不入的穿插能力...
• horn quicksilver汞膏
• have quicksilver in one's veins具有活跃好动的性格...

• Thou hast quicksilver in the veins of thee to a certainty.

  出自：fig.