hydrochloric
ボストン大学の４人の学生がフランスで塩素による攻撃を受けましたが、テロとは関連していないとのことです。
4 Boston College students attacked with acid in France; police say incident not terror-related
The four American women attacked in Marseille, France with hydrochloric acid by a woman early Sunday are students at Boston College, a university spokesman said in a statement.
The students, all juniors, were studying abroad in Europe. Three of the women were enrolled at Boston College's Paris program, and the fourth was a student at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, the spokesman said.
The acid incident occurred at around 11 a.m. local time Sunday morning at the Saint-Charles train station in Marseille.
All of the students were apparently targeted by what authorities describe as a 41-year-old woman with a history of psychiatric problems.
The incident was not terror-related, Marseille police said.
記事の中で気になった単語はhydrochloric /haɪdrəklɒrɪk/です。「水の」という意味を持つ"hydro"が付き、後に"acid"と続いているので、何か物質を指す言葉であることは想像できます。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「塩化水素の」とあり、"hydrochloric acid"で「塩酸」という意味になります。因みに"chloric"には「塩素の」という意味があります。LDOCEで"hydrochloric acid"を調べてみると、"a strong acid used especially in industry"と定義されており、非常に強力な酸性の化学物質であることが分かります。(Akim)
