boric acid
noun [ U ] uk/ˌbɔː.rɪk ˈæs.ɪd/ us/ˌbɔːr.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
硼酸
a weak acid made from borax, used as an antiseptic (= a substance that kills bacteria) and in making glass
Items that would have been in an early 19th-century physician's medical bag include boric acid for use as an antiseptic. 十九世纪早期医生的医疗包里会有的物品包括用作抗菌剂的硼酸。
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- Tablets made of boric acid, floor wax, and yellow paint had been made to look like the drug.
- They prefer to tackle the rats using traps and relatively non-toxic chemicals such as boric acid.
- The bamboo strips are boiled in water and boric acid to kill any bugs or fungus.
- Leaking boric acid caused the red, rusty deposits on this nuclear reactor vessel.