| 单词 | turquoise |
| 释义 | turquoise From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishGeology, Coloursturquoisetur‧quoise /ˈtɜːkwɔɪz, -kwɑːz $ ˈtɜːrkwɔɪz/ noun1 [countable, uncountable]HEG a valuable greenish-blue stone or a jewel that is made from thisturquoise earrings2 [uncountable]CC a greenish-blue colourThe room was painted in turquoise. —turquoise adjectivea clear turquoise seaExamples from the Corpusturquoise• Necklaces, pendants, bracelets, rings; silver and turquoise glittered in the white light.• Ferroan dolomite Pale to deep turquoise with increasing Fe content.• No sea that Marion had ever set eyes on was that particular shade of transparent, light-filled turquoise.• There's a lot of lapis here, together with some very fine turquoise, coral and amber.• It is light turquoise in the east, grading to deep, dark, brilliant blue in the west.• The sea was a pearly turquoise, the far mountains ash-blue in the windless heat.• Black with midnight blue, scarlet with holly green and black with turquoise.• The bird is set with turquoises and the leaves are of green enamel.Origin turquoise (1400-1500) Old French turqueise, from turqueis “Turkish” |
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