英语词汇“precious opal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. An amorphous form of hydrated silica resembling chalcedony, often white or colourless ( common opal), but varying through blue-green and orange almost to black and valued in those forms showing colourful iridescence ( precious opal). Also: a stone of this, usually of the iridescent form and cut en cabochon.fire-, jasper-, moss, noble, wood-opal, etc.: see the first element. See also semi-opal n.A belief formerly associated with the opal was that when carried on the person wrapped in a bay leaf it conferred invisibility.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 203 Optalius hatte Opalus [L. opptalus] also, and is a stone distyngued wiþ colours of dyuers precious stones.

a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 116 (MED) Optalio is a stone þat is cleped opalus.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 16 Oppalus..is a stone in colour like to verie many, and those cleane contrarie gems.

β. ?1590–1 J. Burel Discription Queens Entry Edinb. in Poems sig. M Vpon thair brest..The Rubie pallet and Th'opall, Togither with the Amatist.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 614 In the Opal you shal see the burning fire of the Carbuncle or Ruby, the glorious purple of the Amethyst, the greene sea of the Emeraud, and all glittering together.1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. vi. 18 I had No med'cine, Sir, to goe inuisible:..Nor an Opal Wrapt in a Bay-leafe, i' my left fist, To charme their eyes with.1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iii. 273 To this, perhaps, will be said, Has not an Opall, or the infusion of Lignum Nephriticum, two Colours at the same time?1727 J. Thomson Summer 19 Thick, thro' the whitening Opal, play thy Beams.1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 446 The oculus mundi, which has the property of becoming transparent in water, is nothing but an opaque, decomposed opale.1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 25 Sharp cornered, as in quartz and calcedony. Blunt cornered, as in common opal.1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 108 Every one knows how capriciously the colours of a fine opal vary from day to day.1855 D. T. Ansted et al. in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 510 Noble opal, or precious opal, includes all those specimens which exhibit the play of prismatic colours.1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. v. 225 Common opal includes the many kinds of opal that lack a play of color.1976 Sci. Amer. Apr. 84/1 There are large natural deposits of ‘common opal’, an opaque, milk white amorphous silica of no commercial value.1993 B. Whitehead Sweet Death come Softly (BNC) 196 The thing enclosed was a brooch which looked very valuable—a large opal surrounded by small diamonds.

单词	precious opal
释义	> as lemmas precious opal a. An amorphous form of hydrated silica resembling chalcedony, often white or colourless ( common opal), but varying through blue-green and orange almost to black and valued in those forms showing colourful iridescence ( precious opal). Also: a stone of this, usually of the iridescent form and cut en cabochon.fire-, jasper-, moss, noble, wood-opal, etc.: see the first element. See also semi-opal n.A belief formerly associated with the opal was that when carried on the person wrapped in a bay leaf it conferred invisibility. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > opal > [noun] opala1398 pederote1585 stone1895 opalite1896 knobby1910 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > amorphous quartz or opal opala1398 pederote1585 α. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 203 Optalius hatte Opalus [L. opptalus] also, and is a stone distyngued wiþ colours of dyuers precious stones. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 116 (MED) Optalio is a stone þat is cleped opalus. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 16 Oppalus..is a stone in colour like to verie many, and those cleane contrarie gems. β. ?1590–1 J. Burel Discription Queens Entry Edinb. in Poems sig. M Vpon thair brest..The Rubie pallet and Th'opall, Togither with the Amatist.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 614 In the Opal you shal see the burning fire of the Carbuncle or Ruby, the glorious purple of the Amethyst, the greene sea of the Emeraud, and all glittering together.1631 B. Jonson New Inne i. vi. 18 I had No med'cine, Sir, to goe inuisible:..Nor an Opal Wrapt in a Bay-leafe, i' my left fist, To charme their eyes with.1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iii. 273 To this, perhaps, will be said, Has not an Opall, or the infusion of Lignum Nephriticum, two Colours at the same time?1727 J. Thomson Summer 19 Thick, thro' the whitening Opal, play thy Beams.1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 446 The oculus mundi, which has the property of becoming transparent in water, is nothing but an opaque, decomposed opale.1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 25 Sharp cornered, as in quartz and calcedony. Blunt cornered, as in common opal.1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 108 Every one knows how capriciously the colours of a fine opal vary from day to day.1855 D. T. Ansted et al. in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 510 Noble opal, or precious opal, includes all those specimens which exhibit the play of prismatic colours.1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. v. 225 Common opal includes the many kinds of opal that lack a play of color.1976 Sci. Amer. Apr. 84/1 There are large natural deposits of ‘common opal’, an opaque, milk white amorphous silica of no commercial value.1993 B. Whitehead Sweet Death come Softly (BNC) 196 The thing enclosed was a brooch which looked very valuable—a large opal surrounded by small diamonds. extracted from opaln.adj. precious opal precious opal n. a variety of opal showing colourful iridescence. ΚΠ 1819 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 109 20 (table) Precious opal. 1893 Manufacturer & Builder Feb. 39/3 Precious opal has been found near Whelan, in Washington. 1986 G. Clark Symbols of Excellence (BNC) 72 This is most apparent in the precious opal which is capable of displaying a veritable kaleidoscope of colours. extracted from preciousadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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