orichalcum

发音

UK /ɒɹɪˈkælkəm/

别名

aurichalchum aurichalcum orichalc orichalch orichalchum

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance.

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词源

Learned borrowing from Latin orichalcum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀρείχαλκος (oreíkhalkos), from dative singular of ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) + χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”).

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