saltpeter
常见例句
- From saltpeter mines in Chile.
从智利的硝石矿里。 - Well, the British didn't let Chile sell saltpeter to Germany.
英国不允许,智利把硝石卖给德国。 - Winthrop often treated kids with his top secret cure-all "rubila, " later revealed by Oliver Wendell Holmes to be a mix of antimony and saltpeter, a precursor to the explosive potassium nitrate.
温斯洛浦经常给孩子们开他的顶级秘方——包治百病的“rubila”。 后来,奥利佛·文戴尔·赫尔姆斯发现就是锑和硝石的混合物,也就是易爆物硝酸钾的前身。 - Gunpowder may date back as far as the 4th century, when it was invented in China--perhaps by someone trying to mix sulfur, charcoal and saltpeter into medicine.
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