n. [有化] 乙炔;电石气
acetylene 乙炔
词根acet,醋酸。-yl,化学基,衍生于ethyl, 乙基。-ene,化学物后缀,炔。
The name acetylene is an unfortunate one as the hydrocarbon is not directly related to the modern acetyl radical and the molecule ... contains a triple bond, not a double bond which the suffix -ene (q.v.) implies. [Flood, "Origins of Chemical Names," 1963]