英语词汇“to be on stone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Australian. Opal or opal-bearing material; an opal; to be on stone, to have struck opal stone. Also New Zealand (see quot. 1965).

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > opal > [noun]

opala1398

pederote1585

stone1895

opalite1896

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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > for opal > have struck opal

to be on stone1924

1895 Rep. New S. Wales Dept. Mines 68 A patch of stone was taken about the end of the year which brought £1,200.

1921 K. S. Prichard Black Opal iv. 33 You don't suppose Jun'd try to take the stones off of him, do you?

1924 T. C. Wollaston Opal iv. 61 The men were not ‘on stone’, it seemed, but perhaps I could change the luck?

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. iii. 20/2 Stone, a miner's term for payable [sc. auriferous] quartz.

1967 A. Kalokerinos In Search of Opal 18 Stones that are worth $2,000 or more on the field are found at a rate that would not exceed one per week.

单词	to be on stone
释义	> as lemmas to be on stone c. Australian. Opal or opal-bearing material; an opal; to be on stone, to have struck opal stone. Also New Zealand (see quot. 1965). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > opal > [noun] opala1398 pederote1585 stone1895 opalite1896 knobby1910 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (intransitive)] > for opal > have struck opal to be on stone1924 1895 Rep. New S. Wales Dept. Mines 68 A patch of stone was taken about the end of the year which brought £1,200. 1921 K. S. Prichard Black Opal iv. 33 You don't suppose Jun'd try to take the stones off of him, do you? 1924 T. C. Wollaston Opal iv. 61 The men were not ‘on stone’, it seemed, but perhaps I could change the luck? 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. iii. 20/2 Stone, a miner's term for payable [sc. auriferous] quartz. 1967 A. Kalokerinos In Search of Opal 18 Stones that are worth $2,000 or more on the field are found at a rate that would not exceed one per week. extracted from stonen. < as lemmas
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