单词 | rhodochrosite |
释义 | rhod- /rōd-/ or rhodo- /rō-dō-/combining form
ORIGIN: Gr rhodon rose rhōˈdamine /-mēn/ noun (see amine) a synthetic dyestuff, usu red, related to fluorescein rhōˈdanate noun (in dyeing) a thiocyanate rhōdanˈic adjective Thiocyanic rhōˈdanize or rhōˈdanise transitive verb To electroplate with rhodium rhōˈdic adjective Of rhodium in higher valency Rhodites /rō-dīˈtēz/ noun A gallfly that forms bedeguars on the wild rose rhōˈdium noun A metallic element (symbol Rh; atomic no 45) of the platinum group, forming rose-coloured salts (rhodium-wood the scented wood of Canary Island convolvulus, yielding oil of rhodium) rhodochrosite /rō-dō-krōˈsīt/ noun (Gr rhodochrōs rose-coloured) manganese spar, a pink rhombohedral mineral, manganese carbonate rhōdodaphˈne (or /rod-/) noun (Gr daphnē laurel; Spenser) Oleander rhōˈdolite noun A pink or purple garnet (gemstone) rhōˈdonite noun A rose-red anorthic pyroxene, manganese silicate rhōˈdophane noun (Gr phainein to show) a red pigment in the retinal cones of birds, etc Rhōdophyceae /-fishˈi-ē/ plural noun (Gr phȳkos seaweed) the red seaweeds (including some forms that are neither red nor found in the sea), one of the main divisions of the algae, in which the chlorophyll is usually masked by a red pigment rhōdopˈsin noun (Gr opsis sight) visual purple rhōˈdous adjective Of rhodium in lower valency Rhodymenia /rō-di-mēˈni-ə/ noun (Gr hymēn a membrane) the dulse genus of red seaweeds |
随便看 |
英语词典包含305067条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。