onyx

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n. 缟玛瑙 [医] 爪甲, 甲, 眼前房积脓

发音

其它 /ˈɒnɪks/

词形变化

onyxes 复数 onyxes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.

    缟玛瑙

    红璧玺

    可数 不可数 化学 地质
  2. 2.

    A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.

    可数 不可数

    Near-synonyms: ebony, raven

  3. 3.

    Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Horaga.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Jet-black; often, glossily so.

    Near-synonyms: ebony, raven

    And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

calcedony chalcedony

下位词 1

sardonyx

相关短语

onyx marble 类似玛瑙的条纹大理石 onyx marbles

词源

From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”). Doublet of unguis.

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