英:['ɔ:rəs]
美:['ɔrəs]
英:['ɔ:rəs]
美:['ɔrəs]
亚金的;一价金的;含金的;
adjective
of, relating to, or containing gold—used especially of compounds in which this element is univalent
probably from French aureux, from Late Latin aurosus goldlike, from Latin aurum gold + -osus -ous
1 Gilt-lanterns hang out of windows, casting an aurous glow over all the buildings.
2 Despite the loss, the United States entered the 2022 Winter Games with aurous dreams and remains hopeful after a strong start in Beijing.
3 Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; Ð said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.
4 Compounds.—Aurous oxide, Au2O, is obtained by cautiously adding potash to a solution of aurous bromide, or by boiling mixed solutions of auric chloride and mercurous nitrate.
5 The substance I used was auric chloride, AuCl3, which, as is well known, splits up on heating, first into aurous chloride, and at a higher temperature gives off all its chlorine and leaves metallic gold.
6 When freshly prepared it dissolves in cold water to form an indigo-coloured solution with a brownish fluorescence of colloidal aurous oxide; it is insoluble in hot water.