radioactive metallic element, 1899, from French radium, named 1898 after identification by Marie Curie and her husband, formed in Modern Latin from Latin radius "ray" (see radius). So called for its power of emitting energy in the form of rays.
3. Before broaching the subject of this lecture, I should like to recall that the discoveries of radium and of polonium were made by Pierre Curie in collaboration with me.
在开始讨论这次演讲的话题之前, 我还想回忆一下,镭和钋发现是皮埃尔·居里与我合作完成的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Radium can be fixed some distance from its original source.
镭在离它的原始母体一定距离上固定下来.
来自辞典例句
5. All London was agog to see the two " parents " of radium.
