| 单词 | amethyst stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasamethyst stone C1. General use as a modifier, and with other nouns with the sense ‘that is an amethyst’, as in amethyst colour, amethyst purple, amethyst stone, etc.; also forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has (an) amethyst ——’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in amethyst-coloured, amethyst-hued, etc. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1470 Amaraunz, and amaffised stones. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 46 Ye clothyng of ye Amatist colour. 1615 E. Grimeston tr. P. d'Avity Estates 1033 The Dates, Manna, Corrall, and the Amethist stone of Arabia the Stonie. 1656 J. Tradescant Musæum Tradescantianum 123 The Amethist-coloured English Iacynth. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. Introd. 11 The amethyst purple had the colour of the stone so called. 1889 Armidale (New S. Wales) Express 26 Nov. 3/5 He..thought of that one golden-haired, amethyst-eyed woman, whose image haunted him. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. i. 14 All the clouds gathered round the three islands, leaving the sky a pure amethyst pink. 1967 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 54 1009/2 The oil globules become bright rose-colored, and a small sphere..stains amethyst blue. 1997 M. Strutin Smithsonian Guides Nat. Amer.: Southeast iv. iv. 170 The woods are filled with luminous white clumps of Atamasco lilies shaded by amethyst-hued redbud trees. 2008 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 Feb. 22 The seductive amethyst colour of the bottle and the delicate fragrance are a real Valentine treat. 2014 M. Sheraton 1,000 Foods to eat before you Die 257/1 Cabrales [cheese] is shot through with amethyst-coloured veins. < as lemmas |
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