| 单词 | amber |
| 释义 | amber —amberlike, ambery, amberous, adj. /am"beuhr/, n. 1. a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles. 2. the yellowish-brown color of resin. adj. 3. of the color of amber; yellowish-brown: amber fields of grain. 4. made of amber: amber earrings. [1350-1400; ME ambre < OF < ML ambra < Ar 'anbar ambergris; confusion of the dissimilar substances perh. because both were rare, valuable, and found on seacoasts] |
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