silicon

英 ['sɪlɪk(ə)n] 美['sɪlɪkən]

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n.矽，硅（音译词，“si”音似“矽”）。

silicon: silicon: [19] Silicon was coined in 1817 by the British chemist Thomas Thomson. Like the slightly earlier silica, it was based on Latin silex ‘flint’. From the same source comes silicone, which dates from the 1860s.
silicon (n.): nonmetallic element, 1817, coined by British chemist Thomas Thomson from silica (silicon dioxide), from which it was isolated. The name is patterned on carbon, etc. Silicon chip first attested 1965; Silicon Valley for the Santa Clara Valley south of San Francisco, U.S., first attested 1974, from the concentration of manufacturers of silicon chips used in computers, watches, etc.

1. Designing silicon chips to mimic human organs sounds fanciful.: 设计硅芯片模仿人的器官听上去是异想天开。

3. Tomorrow's children will be even more in the thrall of the silicon chip.: 将来硅片对孩子们的影响将进一步加深。

4. The Earth is made mainly of iron and silicon and things like that.: 地球主要由铁、硅等物质构成。

5. Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future.: 技术的发展趋势有可能把硅谷重新推向未来.