| 释义 |
byon|bjəʊn|
[ad. Burmese brun refuse, as of grain, peas, etc., the matrix earth of rubies and the rejected stones; app. related to prun, phrun to be worn out or exhausted.]
The ruby-bearing clay of the ruby mines district of Upper Burma; also attrib.
1892E. W. Streeter Prec. Stones (ed. 5) 153 A brown or yellowish clay, known locally as Byon, seems to be the typical Ruby-bearing earth. 1895Standard 24 July, The valley byon beds of Mogok, Tagoungnandine, and Loodah. 1922Chambers's Jrnl. July 447/1 Coolies will still..be required to take the ‘byon’ to the sluice. |