to have quicksilver in one's veins - быть очень живым /подвижным/ человеком
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Quicksilver — Исполнитель Pink Floyd Альбом More Дата выпуска 27 июля 1969 (Великобритания) Дата записи … Википедия
Quicksilver — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Este artículo trata sobre el personaje de cómic. Para otros usos de este término, véase Quicksilver (desambiguación). Para el otro personaje del Universo Marvel conocido como Mercurio, véase Mercurio (cómic)… … Wikipedia Español
Quicksilver — Quick sil ver, n. [Quick living + silver; so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See {Quick}, a.] (Chem.) The metal mercury; so called from its resemblance to liquid silver. [1913 Webster] {Quicksilver horizon}, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quicksilver — (n.) O.E. cwicseolfor, translating L. argentum vivum (Cf. It. argento vivo), lit. living silver; so called from its liquid mobility. See QUICK (Cf. quick) + SILVER (Cf. silver) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
quicksilver — ► NOUN 1) liquid mercury. 2) (before another noun ) moving or changing rapidly … English terms dictionary
quicksilver — [kwik′sil΄vər] n. [ME < OE cwicseolfor < cwicu, living (see QUICK) + seolfor,SILVER: transl. of L argentum vivum, lit., living silver: from its liquid form] mercury: see MERCURY (n. 3a) vt. to cover with mercury adj. 1. of or like … English World dictionary
Quicksilver — NOTOC Quicksilver can refer to:Aircraft* Eipper Quicksilver ultralight aircraftClothing* Quiksilver, a clothing brand specializing in surfing and winter sportsLiterature* Quicksilver (novel), part of The Baroque Cycle by Neal StephensonMedia and… … Wikipedia
Quicksilver — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Quicksilver est un mot anglais signifiant vif argent , ancienne désignation du mercure. Quicksilver est le nom original du super héros Vif Argent … Wikipédia en Français
Quicksilver — Der Begriff Quicksilver (mittelenglisch: quyksilver, in der englischsprachigen Literatur auch für: Quecksilber) bezeichnet: einen Roman von Neal Stephenson, siehe Barock Zyklus und auch Neal Stephenson einen Film; siehe Quicksilver (Film) den DJ… … Deutsch Wikipedia
quicksilver — quick|sil|ver [ˈkwıkˌsılvə US ər] n [U] 1.) old use the metal ↑mercury 2.) literary something that is like quicksilver changes or moves quickly in a way that you do not expect ▪ His mood changed like quicksilver. >quicksilver adj ▪ his… … Dictionary of contemporary English
quicksilver — [[t]kwɪ̱ksɪlvə(r)[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Quicksilver is the same as mercury. [OLD FASHIONED] 2) ADJ: ADJ n Quicksilver movements or changes are very fast and unpredictable. ...her quicksilver changes of mood … English dictionary
