α. Middle English melochites, Middle English molochites, 1600s–1700s malachites, 1700s molochites.
β. late Middle English melochyte, 1500s molochite, 1500s–1600s melochite, 1600s– malachite, 1700s malachquite.
单词 | malachite |
释义 | malachiten.adj.α. Middle English melochites, Middle English molochites, 1600s–1700s malachites, 1700s molochites. β. late Middle English melochyte, 1500s molochite, 1500s–1600s melochite, 1600s– malachite, 1700s malachquite. A. n. 1. A monoclinic basic copper carbonate, Cu2CO3(OH)2, of a deep green colour, usually occurring as banded botryoidal crusts of aggregated fibres, and used ornamentally and as an ore of copper; (also) a specimen or piece of this mineral. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [noun] > malachite malachitea1398 chrysocoll1590 chrysocolla1600 mountain green1728 green mineral1844 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > malachite malachitea1398 chrysocoll1590 chrysocolla1600 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202v Melochites is a grene stoon liche to smaragdus..it hath þe name of þe colour of malues. c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1037 The stone Memphyte and eke the Melochyte. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 15v The Melochite is a greene Gem, much like to the Smaragde. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xi. 123 b In this place are also found the Sardonique stones, Molochite, and those which are called Iris. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Malachite (malachites), a stone of a dark green colour. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 45 Remarkable stones,..as crystal, dragons-blood, malachites, asteria's. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. iv. 45 Colossal vases of malachite presented by Emperors. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 92 She sent a malachite cabinet and some grand jade vases. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xv. 812 Two well-defined basic copper carbonates, malachite..and azurite..are known in nature. 1990 Illustr. London News Christmas No. 60 (caption) Chateau Escalier d'Or, set on malachite with a contained geode of amethyst. 2. Ceramics. An object coloured to resemble malachite; (the colour of) the glaze or paste used to create such an object. ΚΠ 1865 L. Jewitt Wedgwoods xxii. 390 In the ‘malachite’ the beautiful green and darker wavings of the stone are well imitated. 1911 J. F. Blacker 19th Cent. Eng. Cer. Art vi. 135 In what was called ‘malachite’ wonderful veinings and markings in shades of green formed a close imitation of that semi-precious stone. 1974 G. Savage & H. Newman Illustr. Dict. Ceramics 185 Malachite, A dark green colour resembling that of malachite...Parian porcelain was sometimes thus coloured. B. adj. (attributive). Resembling malachite in colour or pattern. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > dark green steel-greena1560 bottle-green1785 corbeau1810 forest-green1810 rifle green1829 spinach-green1845 pine green1892 army green1897 malachite1900 seaweed-green1937 1900 ‘F. Anstey’ Brass Bottle i. 3 Against a background of lapis lazuli and malachite sea. 1991 Do it Yourself (BNC) Sept. 13 A ‘malachite’ finish created by combing a piece of card..across a still wet coat of..varnish. Compounds malachite green n. (a) a deep green colour like that of malachite; (b) any of various green dyes, esp. one of the triphenylmethane series prepared from benzaldehyde and N,N-dimethylaniline. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > dyes and dyestuffs greening worta1200 greening weeda1399 spinach-green1845 emeraldine1864 methyl green1873 malachite green1875 viridine1875 1875 Proc. Zool. Soc. 356 Emu-eggs..are of a fine malachite green colour. 1880 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 445 The well-known methyl green..is now..replaced by the malachite green, discovered by Oscar Doebner. 1954 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) XI. 692/1 Classical examples of the synthesis are the manufacture of Malachite Green from benzaldehyde and dimethylaniline and of Brilliant Green. 1991 Jrnl. Design Hist. 4 236/2 She recommended a dining suite stained ‘malachite green’. 1992 Pract. Fishkeeping July 112/1 The ‘proactive’ fishkeeper will medicate with malachite green and formalin..to bring down populations of protozoan parasites. malachite kingfisher n. a small kingfisher, Alcedo cristata, with a turquoise crest, bright blue back, and red bill, found in sub-Saharan Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Alcedinidae > unspecified and miscellaneous types kingfisher1611 tody1773 robin1826 kinghunter1837 robin redbreast1847 malachite kingfisher1903 1875 Ibis 5 68 Malachite-crested Kingfisher. This charming little Kingfisher is found invariably frequenting the small streams and ditches close to Durban.] 1903 A. C. Stark Birds S. Afr. III. 82 The Malachite Kingfisher is found throughout the greater part of Africa south of the Sahara. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxiv. 300 The beautifully coloured malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristata)..likes to sit on an over~hanging branch, whence he scrutinizes the water beneath. 1971 Country Life 28 Oct. 1127/2 Tiny malachite kingfishers, brilliant red and blue, sped among the tall rushes. malachite sunbird n. either of two bright green long-tailed sunbirds of eastern Africa, Nectarinia famosa and N. johnstoni. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > [noun] > family Nectariniidae (sun-bird) > types of spider-catcher1840 honeysucker1906 malachite sunbird1906 1906 Daily Chron. 10 Feb. 7/7 A great rarity is a Malachite sun bird, a most wonderfully-formed bird with a bill as long as its body and as fine as a piece of wire. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xii. 197 The male malachite sunbirds would be flashing their astonishing green and gold. 1989 Independent 4 Nov. 51/3 Next morning the rare scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird is with us, flitting from one lobelia to another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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