1853 (Stokes), from fluor- (see fluoro-) + -escent (see fluorescence). The electric fluorescent lamp was invented by Edison in 1896, but such lights were rare in homes before improved bulbs became available in the mid-1930s.
中文解释
1. flu- + -or => fluor (originally meaning "a flowing, flow").2. => fluor: an old chemistry term for "minerals which were readily fusible and useful as fluxes in smelting". => fluorite / fluorspar.3. fluorspar ("calcium fluoride," modern fluorite), name of the mineral where it was first found.4. fluor + -ine (chemical suffix). So named because it is isolated from fluor / fluorite.5. fluor + -escence (-esce + -ence). Because in fluorspar (fluorite) he first noticed the phenomenon, on analogy of phosphorescence. => "glowing in ultraviolet light".6. fluorescence => fluorescent.
实用例句
1. Fluorescent lights flickered, and then the room was brilliantly, blindingly bright.
荧光灯闪了几下，接着屋子里豁然大亮，刺得人睁不开眼。
来自柯林斯例句
2. It was lit by hooded fluorescent lamps.
照明用的是带灯罩的日光灯。
来自柯林斯例句
3. This shop sells fluorescent paint.
这家商店出售荧光漆.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. With an 18-watt fluorescent bulb you get as much light but use 75% less electricity.
用18瓦的荧光灯灯泡有同样的亮度，而用电量却减少75％。
来自柯林斯例句
5. A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end.