| 释义 |
iriˈdescency ? Obs.
[f. as prec.: see -ency.]
= prec. (lit. and fig.); also, an iridescent formation.
1799Hatchett in Phil. Trans. LXXXIX. 320 The wavy appearance and irridescency of mother of pearl. 1802W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 449, I have got a little blue book for the iridescencies of my imagination. |