单词 | tiger's-eye |
释义 | tiger's-eye[ tahy-gerz-ahy ] / ˈtaɪ gərzˌaɪ / nouna golden-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz colored by iron oxide. a glass coating or glaze giving the covered object the appearance of this stone. Also tigereye. Origin of tiger's-eyeFirst recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby tiger's-eyetiger mosquito, tiger moth, tiger mother, tiger prawn, tiger salamander, tiger's-eye, tiger shark, tiger snake, tiger swallowtail, Tiger! Tiger! burning bright, Tiggerish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for tiger's-eyetiger's-eye tigereye (ˈtaɪɡərˌaɪ)/ (ˈtaɪɡəzˌaɪ) / nouna golden brown silicified variety of crocidolite, used as an ornamental stone a glaze resembling this, used on pottery Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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