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单词 nacrous
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nacrousadj.

Brit. /ˈneɪkrəs/, U.S. /ˈneɪkrəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nacre n., -ous suffix.
Etymology: < nacre n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier nacreous adj., and later nacry adj. Compare French nacreux (1871).
= nacreous adj.
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1836 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 547/1 The shell is white, lined with a nacrous layer within.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 212 The shot lustrous surface of the belly and sides is certainly nacrous.
1887 Cent. Mag. 35 93 An optical illusion attributable to the intervention of rays of light reflected from microscopic corrugations of the nacrous surface.
1900 W. V. Moody Masque of Judgment v. i. 119 He coils his bulk About a foreland, and the nacrous light It beetled with turns cinder.
1971 Last Whole Earth Catal. (Portola Inst.) 5/2 The sheer beauty of our planet surprised me. It was a huge pearl, set in spangled ebony. It was nacrous, it was an opal.
1999 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 5 Dec. (Poetry section) We..dropped bits of egg salad to the crowding fish, Mayonnaise smearing their nacrous skin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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