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单词 tiger's-eye
释义

tiger's-eye

[ tahy-gerz-ahy ]
/ ˈtaɪ gərzˌaɪ /

noun

a 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-eye

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby tiger's-eye

tiger mosquito, tiger moth, tiger mother, tiger prawn, tiger salamander, tiger's-eye, tiger shark, tiger snake, tiger swallowtail, Tiger! Tiger! burning bright, Tiggerish
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British Dictionary definitions for tiger's-eye

tiger's-eye

tigereye (ˈtaɪɡərˌaɪ)

/ (ˈtaɪɡəzˌaɪ) /

noun

a 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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