| 释义 |
jas·per
I. \ˈjaspə(r), -aas-, -ais- sometimes -ȧs-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English jaspre, jaspe, from Middle French jaspre, jaspe, from Latin jaspis, from Greek iaspis, of Semitic origin; akin to Arabic yashb jasper, Hebrew yāshpheh
1. : an opaque cryptocrystalline quartz of any of several colors (as red, brown, green, yellow)
< the wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass — Revelations 21:18 (Revised Standard Version) >
especially : green chalcedony
< one block, pure green as a pistachio nut, there's plenty jasper somewhere in the world — Robert Browning >
2. : a hard fine-grained ceramic ware containing a high percentage of barium salts and ordinarily stained (as blue or green) with metallic oxides and decorated with sprigged ornamentation
3. : a blackish green that is bluer than cannon — compare jasper green
II. adjective
1. : relating to or composed of jasper
2. : pepper-and-salt
III. noun
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Etymology: from the name Jasper
: fellow, guy
< aim to stay sober … till I work that jasper over — Ross Santee > |