| 单词 | crystal |
| 释义 | crystal (once / 320 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n 5n Various solid substances that glitter because their surfaces are made up of planes that catch the light are called crystals. If you leave your ice cream in the freezer too long, you may find a coating of ice crystals on top. Some people think that certain natural crystals — quartz, for instance — have mystical properties and if you wear them or hold them, they cure whatever’s wrong with you. Crystal is also the word for transparent glass made of silica, and it's also a name for fine glassware — the kind that reverberates with a nice ping when you flick your fingernail against it. Another kind of crystal is the glass cover that protects the face of your watch. WORD FAMILYcrystal: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, crystals+/crystalise: crystalised, crystalises/crystalize: crystalized, crystalizes, crystalizing/crystallisation: crystallisations/crystallise: crystallisation, crystallised, crystallises, crystallising/crystallised: uncrystallised/crystallization: crystallizations/crystallize: crystallization, crystallized, crystallizes, crystallizing/crystallized: uncrystallized USAGE EXAMPLESCrystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey: There seem to be a lot of wonder goals recently. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Olivier Giroud's incredible scorpion kick set Arsenal on the way to victory over Crystal Palace. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Mauricio Pochettino’s side moved into third place ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal, which was hosting Crystal Palace later Sunday. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure Hypo|Hyper flake, snowflake a crystal of snow diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mistsmall crystals of ice gem, gemstone, stonea crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry twins(mineralogy) two interwoven crystals that are mirror images on each other ice, water icewater frozen in the solid state cabochona highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets black icea thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rimeice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) hailstonesmall pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm icicleice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water opaque gema gemstone that is opaque transparent gema gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion solid matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure 2n a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper crystallisation, crystallization crystallite any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock rock, stone a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter n a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices 3Hypo|Hyper piezoelectric crystal a crystal that can be used as a transducer component, constituent, element an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system n colorless glass made of almost pure silica 4Syn|Hyper lechatelierite, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica natural glass magma of any composition that cooled very rapidly n glassware made of quartz 5Hyper glassware, glasswork an article of tableware made of glass n a protective cover that protects the face of a watch Syn|Hyper watch crystal, watch glass protection, protective cover, protective covering a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury |
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