cipolin

n. 云母大理石 [化] 云母大理石

词形变化

cipolins 复数 cipolins

别名

chipolin cipollino

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A white-green wavy-banded form of marble, used in buildings in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It consists of coloured veins of epidote and chlorite.

    可数 不可数 化学 地质

词源

From Italian cipollino (“a little onion”), from cipolla (“onion”) (compare English cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.

来源：wiktionary