| 单词 | tourmaline mink |
| 释义 | > as lemmastourmaline mink attributive and in other combinations, as tourmaline crystal, tourmaline granite, tourmaline mink, tourmaline pendant; tourmaline pincette n., tourmaline tongs n. a simple polariscope, consisting of tongs having a plate of tourmaline mounted in each grasping jaw. tourmaline-rock n., tourmaline-schist n. see quots. 18821, 18822. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > other metamorphics quartzite1823 mica-schist1826 amphibolite1833 hornfels1854 phthanite1854 hornblendite1874 psammite1882 tourmaline-rock1882 tourmaline-schist1882 jasperoid1898 skarn1901 metagabbro1904 metabasite1907 verdite1908 rodingite1911 siallite1933 tonstein1961 greenlandite1981 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > instruments to refract, etc., light > [noun] > polariscope polariscope1829 polarimeter1843 saccharometer1866 saccharimeter1874 tourmaline pincette1888 tourmaline tongs1888 1843–54 J. Pereira Lect. Polarized Light (ed. 2) 213 The two sets of rays..successively pass through the tourmaline analyzing plate. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 138 The terminations of tourmaline crystals are frequently composed of a great number of faces. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (1885) 73 Tourmaline..with quartz forms tourmaline-rock. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (1885) 131 Tourmaline-schist.., a blackish, finely granular, quartzose rock with abundant granules and needles of black tourmaline. 1888 F. Rutley Rock-forming Minerals 59 The tourmaline pincette, or tongs. 1959 Vogue Dec. 25 (advt.) Tourmaline mink coat. 1973 ‘R. Macdonald’ Sleeping Beauty x. 51 Elizabeth Somerville came to the front door in a tourmaline mink which almost matched her blonde head. < as lemmas |
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