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語源

From 中期英語 quyk lym; equivalent to quick +‎ lime.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm/

名詞

quicklime (countable and uncountable, plural quicklimes)

1. Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.

   Synonyms: anhydrous lime, burnt lime, caustic lime, lime, unhydrated lime

   • 1898, Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol:

     The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots.

動詞

quicklime (third-person singular simple present quicklimes, present participle quickliming, simple past and past participle quicklimed)

1. (transitive) To treat (something) with quicklime.

参考

• limelight