[mass noun]the chemical element of atomic number 46, a rare silvery-white metal resembling platinum(Symbol: Pd) 钯(符号:PdPd)
语源
early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Pallas, the name given to an asteroid discovered (1803) just before the element
palladium2 [pəˈleɪdɪəm] (pl. palladia -dɪə)
(archaic)a safeguard or source of protection (古)保护;保障
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late Middle English (in the Greek sense): via Latin from Greek palladion, denoting an image of the goddess Pallas (Athene), on which the safety of Troy was believed to depend