taurine的词源

英文词源

taurine (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also taurin, chemical substance (aminoethyl-sulphonic acid), 1845, from Latin taurus "bull" (see Taurus) + chemical suffix -ine (2); obtained by German professor Leopold Gmelin in 1826 and so called because it was first found in ox bile.
taurine (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1610s, from Latin taurus (see Taurus) + -ine (1). In reference to a period in history, it means the time when the sun was in Taurus at the vernal equinox (roughly 4500-1900 B.C.E.).

中文词源

taurine:牛磺酸

来自拉丁语 taurus,公牛,词源同 Taurus.-ine,化学名词后缀。因提取自牛胆囊而得名。

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