| 单词 | black amber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack amber black amber n. (a) = jet n.2 1a; †(b) = ambergris n. (obsolete); (c) a dark-coloured amber. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > lignite > jet gagatec900 jeta1398 agate?1483 jet stone?1545 black amber1658 the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale) > parts of > ambergris amberc1390 ambergris?a1425 black amber1658 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Geat, a sort of precious stone, otherwise called black Amber. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. ix. 447 Some pieces of Amber-gris, (or rather black Amber, for it was of that colour). 1773 W. Lewis tr. C. Neumann Chem. Wks. (ed. 2) I. 384 There is a hard light sort [of coal] not staining the fingers..; capable of being polished, filed, cut, and turned... called Gagates and Succinum nigrum, jet or black Amber. 1871 A. Hope & A. Harvey Turkish Harems & Circassian Homes vi. 105 Yellow amber should be of the palest primrose hue, but there is another shade that is now much prized, namely, the black amber. 1886 Antiquiary 3 116/1 The electrical qualities of jet obtained it the name of black amber. 1932 G. C. Williamson Bk. of Amber 214 The ordinary phrase of Black Amber applied by dealers to Rumanite is misleading, because its colour value is a very high one. 2004 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 5 Sept. 1 Amber is on sale all over Lithuania, ranging from..the black amber we seldom see in the UK, to the pale yellow that is the most expensive. < as lemmas |
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