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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 phos·phine /-ˌfin/
 磷化氫,三氫化磷

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 phos·phine /-ˌfɪn/ 名詞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 phos·phine n. Chem. A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic.  Called also hydrogen phosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen.  It is postulated as one possible cause of the rare lights seen in marshes -- see ignis fatuus.
 Note:It is the most important compound of phosphorus and hydrogen, and is produced by the action of caustic potash on phosphorus.  It is spontaneously inflammable, owing to impurities, and in burning produces peculiar vortical rings of smoke.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Phos·phine n. Dyeing Chrysaniline, often in the form of a salt.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 phosphine
      n : a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a
          pesticide