methryl

Chinese translation: 甲醇

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English term or phrase:methyl alcohol
Chinese translation:甲醇
Entered by: Jason Ma

02:50 Mar 4, 2007
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English term or phrase: methryl
从一部纪录片中看到methryl这个词,联系上下文,似乎是指一种材料,但在网上或词典中找不到对应的中文译词。请高手帮忙指点一二。谢谢!下面给出一个例句,供参考:

the bowl made of methryl costs one million.
Seaguest
China
Local time: 17:52
(甲醇)methyl alcohol;(甲基化酒精)methylated spirit
Explanation:
Seaguest, if the word is spelled as 'methyl', the above translation may help you.
For difficult new wordsI recommend an on-line dictionary (English-English):
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com


John, you are right, if it's methyl, I found the following message:


In chemistry, a methyl group is a hydrophobic alkyl functional group derived from methane (CH4). It has the formula -CH3 and is very often abbreviated -Me.

This hydrocarbon unit can be found in many organic compounds, such as biodiesel, which is a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters.

When a methyl group is substituted as the R group in an amino acid, it forms alanine.

See methanol history for its etymology.

The introduction of methyl groups as new substituents in a compound usually increases the lipophilicity of the compound and reduces its water solubility. It should improve the ease of absorption of the analogue into a biological membrane but will make its release from biological membranes into the aqueous media more difficult. The incorporation of a methyl group can have one of three general effects on the rate of metabolism of an analogue: (i) an increased rate of metabolism due to oxidation of the methyl group; (ii) an increase in the rate of metabolism due to demethylation by the transfer of the methyl group to another compound; or a reduction of the analogue.
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methryl
(甲醇)methyl alcohol;(甲基化酒精)methylated spirit


Explanation:
Seaguest, if the word is spelled as 'methyl', the above translation may help you.
For difficult new wordsI recommend an on-line dictionary (English-English):
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com


John, you are right, if it's methyl, I found the following message:


In chemistry, a methyl group is a hydrophobic alkyl functional group derived from methane (CH4). It has the formula -CH3 and is very often abbreviated -Me.

This hydrocarbon unit can be found in many organic compounds, such as biodiesel, which is a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters.

When a methyl group is substituted as the R group in an amino acid, it forms alanine.

See methanol history for its etymology.

The introduction of methyl groups as new substituents in a compound usually increases the lipophilicity of the compound and reduces its water solubility. It should improve the ease of absorption of the analogue into a biological membrane but will make its release from biological membranes into the aqueous media more difficult. The incorporation of a methyl group can have one of three general effects on the rate of metabolism of an analogue: (i) an increased rate of metabolism due to oxidation of the methyl group; (ii) an increase in the rate of metabolism due to demethylation by the transfer of the methyl group to another compound; or a reduction of the analogue.


    Reference: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/methyl
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