element name, Modern Latin, from Greek selene "moon" (see Selene). Named by Berzelius (1818), on analogy of tellurium, with which it had been at first confused, and which was named for the earth. Despite the -ium ending it is not a metal and a more appropriate name selenion has been proposed.
中文解释
1. selen- + -ium.2. On analogy of tellurium, with which it had been at first confused, and which was named for the earth.3. selenium 与 tellurium 在元素周期表中是同列相邻的元素，它们具有相近的化学性质，其名称含义的地月关系也正是基于此联系起来的。
实用例句
1. Selenium and aluminum are found in vanishingly small concentrations within living things.
硒和铝在生物中含量其微.
来自辞典例句
2. Apart from selenium and vapour - deposited germanium and silicon, glasses are at least diatomic.
除了硒和汽相沉积的锗和硅之外, 玻璃至少是二原子的.
来自辞典例句
3. But inorganic selenite is just as nutritionally effective as selenium in organic form.
但无机的亚硒酸盐却是以有机形式的硒起着营养作用.
来自辞典例句
4. Why can't we cut the middleman and just check the wife's house for selenium?
我们何不直接了当去查看他妻子的房子看有没有硒元素?
来自电影对白
5. Other good sources of selenium: seafood, beef and whole - grain breads.