| 单词 | ruby spinel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruby spinel ruby spinel n. [after German Rubinspinell (1757 or earlier), probably itself after French rubis spinelle (1680)] = spinel ruby at spinel n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > spinel > [noun] balas1414 spinel1528 spinelle1555 espinel?1590 balas-ruby1596 rubicelle1653 spinel ruby1668 ruby spinel1796 spinelle ruby1802 sapphirine1883 taaffeite1951 1796 R. H. tr. G. C. Raff Syst. Nat. Hist. (Edinb. ed.) II. 407 The true name of this is stone [perhaps read this stone is] ruby-spinel. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 570 The purchaser must ascertain if it be not a Siberian tourmaline, or ruby spinel. 1963 E. H. Schafer Golden Peaches of Samarkand 333 Laufer made the problem even more perplexing with his triple identification of se-se with ruby spinel, onyx, and emerald. 2002 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 61 89 A balas ruby is a ruby spinel of a pale rose-red or orange colour. < as lemmas |
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