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单词 chatoyant
释义 chatoyant
 —chatoyance, chatoyancy,  n.  
 /sheuh toy"euhnt/,  adj.  
  1. changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk.
  2.  Jewelry.   reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon.
  n.  
  3.  Jewelry.   a cabochon-cut gemstone having this reflected streak, as a chrysoberyl cat's-eye.
 [1790-1800; < F, special use of prp. of chatoyer to change luster like a cat's eye, equiv. to chat CAT1 + -oy- v. suffix + -ant -ANT]
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