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单词 crystal
释义
crystalcrys‧tal /ˈkrɪstl/ ●●○ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcrystal
Origin:
1000-1100 Old French cristal, from Latin crystallum, from Greek krystallos ‘ice, crystal’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • copper sulfate crystals
  • The table was set with the best china and crystal.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Argenta silvered crystal bowl; perfume bottle.
  • Granulites are like their textural equivalents, granular igneous rocks, in being mosaics of interlocking crystals of roughly equal size.
  • It is a challenge for the future to demonstrate that crystal engineering is providing a new way of thinking chemistry.
  • It is even possible to dissolve certain types of crystal if the foods used are special diets, carefully chosen by vets.
  • One of the simplest is an ionic crystal like sodium chloride, the first mineral analyzed after the discovery of x-ray diffraction.
  • She ran herself a deep bath with bath crystals and perfume poured into the water.
  • The crystal acts as an analyser which ascertains whether or not the photon has polarisation perpendicular to the optical axis of the crystal.
  • The door wasn't locked, and the simularity crystal was still in the desk reader.
word sets
WORD SETS
acetate, nounacid, nounacidic, adjectiveacidify, verbactive, adjectiveadditive, nounagent, nounalchemy, nounalcohol, nounalkali, nounalkaline, adjectiveamalgam, nounantioxidant, noun-ate, suffixatomic number, nounbase, nounbauxite, nounbeaker, nounbenzene, nounbiochemistry, nounbitumen, nounbleach, nounbond, nounbonding, nouncalcify, verbcarbohydrate, nouncarbonate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarbonize, verbcatalyst, nouncaustic, adjectivechain reaction, nounchemical, nounchemical, adjectivechemical reaction, nounchemist, nounchemistry, nounchlorinate, verbcitric acid, nouncombustion, nounconcentration, nouncondense, verbcontaminant, nouncontaminate, verbcontaminated, adjectivecorrode, verbcorrosion, nouncorrosive, adjectivecrucible, nouncrystal, nouncrystallize, verbcyanide, nounDDT, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdegrade, verbderive, verbdetoxification, noundextrose, noundioxin, noundispersion, noundissolve, verbdistill, verbeffervesce, verbeffervescent, adjectiveelectrolysis, nounelectrolyte, nounelectroplate, verbemulsify, verbemulsion, nounenzyme, nounexpand, verbfatty acid, nounferment, verbferment, nounflashback, nounflask, nounformaldehyde, nounformula, nounfructose, nounfungicide, nounfuse, verbgas, noungaseous, adjectiveglucose, noungranular, adjectivegraphite, nounhallucinogen, nounhelium, nounherbicide, nounhydrate, nouninert, adjectiveinsoluble, adjectiveinsulin, nounion, nounionize, verblactic acid, nounlimescale, nounlitmus, nounlitmus paper, nounlitmus test, nounmethane, nounmixture, nounmolecule, nounneon, nounnerve gas, nounneutralize, verbneutron, nounnitric acid, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounorganic chemistry, nounosmosis, nounoxidize, verboxyacetylene, nounoxygenate, verbozone, nounpart, nounpectin, nounpesticide, nounpestle, nounpetrochemical, nounpH, nounphotosynthesis, nounplasma, nounpolyunsaturated, adjectivepotash, nounprecipitate, verbprecipitate, nounprecipitation, nounproduct, nounprussic acid, nounquicklime, nounradioactive, adjectiveradioactivity, nounradiology, nounreact, verbreaction, nounreactive, adjectivereagent, nounresidue, nounretort, nounriboflavin, nounsalt, nounsaltpetre, nounsaturate, verbsaturated, adjectivesaturation, nounsaturation point, nounsemiconductor, nounsoft, adjectivesolid, nounsolution, nounsolvent, nounstability, nounstabilizer, nounstable, adjectivestarch, nounsteam, nounsucrose, nounsulphate, nounsulphide, nounsulphur, nounsulphur dioxide, nounsulphuric acid, nounsulphurous, adjectivesurface tension, nounsuspension, nounsynthesize, verbsynthetic, adjectivetannin, nountartaric acid, nounTNT, noununstable, adjectivevalence, nounvitamin, nounvolatile, adjectivevulcanize, verbwater softener, nounwater-soluble, adjectivewater vapour, nounwetting agent, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a substance that you put in a bath to make it smell nice)· She bought me some lavender bath salts.
(=extremely clear)· The instructions on the packet are crystal clear.
(=very small pieces of ice that form naturally)· Ice crystals fall from the sky as snowflakes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Sandie's vocals, clear as crystal, slipped joyfully into her Morrissey role.
· In addition water can form several different kinds of crystals.· Irons come in a variety of classes with different crystal structures, chemical compositions, and inclusions of other minerals.
· There is a fine crystal chandelier of the 19C and do note too, the metalwork on the doors.· The rehabilitation of the troubled fine china and crystal maker is likely to continue to be slow and painful.· William Morris of Arundel, for the loan of the fine china and crystal for the photographs.
· This was actually smaller than the dressing room but was richly furnished and lit by a large crystal chandelier.· Tonight she would wear the swinging strands of rolled gold ending in one large crystal drop.
· The units use back light liquid crystal displays and, according to Burmarc, consume very little power.· Incoming phone numbers are displayed on a liquid crystal diode screen.· New products, including liquid crystal display televisions, long-life batteries and new materials offer promise for the future.· The front of the box is a flat panel, color liquid crystal display with tiny stereo speakers and a built-in microphone.· Measurements are shown on a liquid crystal display.· Sergeyev has developed a machine that uses liquid crystals to recover such energy from the surface of these objects.· Special liquid crystal glasses are required to see the 3D effect.
· It is likely therefore that the salt crystals were scooped out as they formed.· Eventually the weight of the salt crystals peels them off the upper surface and they settle into the bottom of the liquid.· The salt crystals spontaneously began to change to fern shapes whenever the experiment began.· The method produces salt crystals from brine pumped up from the salt beds by a steam engine.· The bubbles condense into droplets which attach to salt crystals and other particles in the atmosphere and eventually form clouds.
· The silicon ingots are highly perfect single crystals and on the atomic scale the cutting has to proceed through breaking bonds.· Although small, these single crystals can be studied using an electron microscope.· If the host is a single crystal, the spread of frequencies is not very great.· The instruments are designed for high precision scientific applications including single crystal calorimetry, laser induced desorption and flash temperature gas evolution.· The technique produces spectra which sometimes include several peaks for a single crystal.· Sample preparation Single crystal samples with polished surfaces give the best results.· This model has now been virtually discarded in the light of more recent research which has revealed features incompatible with this picture. Single crystals.· It's made from a single crystal of silica.
· However, X-ray analysis has shown that all these forms of carbon consist of small graphite-like crystals.· That is many times smaller than crystals of conventional ferric oxide, and about one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair.· Growth proceeds from a small crystal nucleus which develops into a fibril.· These small crystals are known as phenocrysts and are one of the most characteristic features of andesites.· In the centre of the cavern is a small crystal column, on which a golden chalice stands.
· The redhead's hair sparkled with tiny ice crystals.· And for a very few minutes I listen to the whisper of tiny tinkling snow crystals falling now in ever denser sheets.· Crystallizable polymers consist of a mass of tiny crystals, usually mis-oriented with respect to one another and embedded in non-crystalline material.· Now we simultaneously drop into our supersaturated solution a tiny flat crystal and a tiny chunky crystal.· Clays and muds and rocks are made of tiny crystals.
· When they are exhaled they are filtered through the white crystals of soda lime, and a bacterial filter.· Then they pulled out tiny glass phials of white crystal.· In it are the different specimens of salt which are found in the mine, some of the red and white crystals.· I chipped up the wafers and mixed them into a jar of white crystals.· Their creamy white bodies are covered with spiky white ice crystals.
NOUN
· They must not have hired him for his political foresight, either, because his crystal ball record is abysmal.· Gazing into our crystal ball, we see Scott breaking her campaign promise to not privatize Tucson Water.· You are on a globe that looks like a crystal ball or a marble in a light bed of cotton wool.· Not glass to reflect bit of the world, but a crystal ball to look into soas to understand the world.· The scientists' crystal ball is a bit cloudy on some things though.· A crystal ball in which one can call up the past?· Or maybe you have seen a crystal ball containing a tiny house which you can shake to produce a brilliant snowstorm?· If you are still out of work, the tribunal has to gaze into its crystal ball.
· There is a fine crystal chandelier of the 19C and do note too, the metalwork on the doors.· This was actually smaller than the dressing room but was richly furnished and lit by a large crystal chandelier.· Harry remembered the crystal chandeliers and as the warmth began to work through him he dozed.· Above us hung new crystal chandeliers announcing the growing wealth of the place.· She danced her nights away under crystal chandeliers among the first in the land.· The fabulous Crillon, with its marble columns, crystal chandeliers and tapestries, was probably the most exclusive hotel in Paris.· The beautiful dining room has an Adam ceiling, crystal chandeliers and Chippendale furniture.· Aspirations to elegance, with well-dressed tables and crystal chandeliers, are instantly destroyed if the carpet screams at the guests.
· Charles Winter presented him with a Gleneagles crystal decanter and 12 glasses.· He picked up a crystal decanter of amber liqueur, set it down.· Werner placed the attache case beside the chair then poured himself a stiff Scotch from the crystal decanter on the sideboard.· He was presented with a cut glass crystal decanter by senior purchasing manager David Bayston.
· The units use back light liquid crystal displays and, according to Burmarc, consume very little power.· New products, including liquid crystal display televisions, long-life batteries and new materials offer promise for the future.· Measurements are shown on a liquid crystal display.
· Lead crystal glass Hot water and dishwasher detergent can cause pitting or cracking.· Come see your life in my crystal glass Twenty-five cents is all you pay.· Another worthwhile trip is to Rattenberg, where you can still see the traditional skills involved in crystal glass making.· The crystal glasses have to be carefully washed by hand and the Royal Doulton china stored away.· Martin was presented with a gold watch from the Company and six crystal glasses from his branch colleagues.· Basic chemicals evolve into high-performance ceramics, to single-crystal silicon and high-grade crystal glass.· The air is clear and the mountains are pyramids of crystal glass.· Special liquid crystal glasses are required to see the 3D effect.
· For example, his best known prediction made in 1949 that crystal growth is mediated by dislocations has been confirmed on many occasions.· There is a striking analogy here with crystal growth, except that it happens in two dimensions, not three.
· This is crucial as the ice crystals formed when water freezes would destroy the egg tissues.· Their creamy white bodies are covered with spiky white ice crystals.· If it is frozen at different atmospheric pressures, the ice crystals formed are different.· In fact water can form at least nine different types of ice crystal.· The redhead's hair sparkled with tiny ice crystals.· Frostbite is the effect of ice crystals forming within the skin.· However, when ice crystals form, they will have definite positions and will be lined up in some direction.· Scrubby bushes festooned with ice crystals which gleamed.
· This is the technique which detects stored energy in the crystal lattice of minerals, caused by natural radiation.· The model is based on the geometry of the crystal lattice.· The structure of the crystal lattice must therefore preserve electrical neutrality.· Substances which have the same type of chemical formula and which crystallise with the same crystal lattice are said to be isomorphous.· As Born first showed there are precise relationships between the crystal elastic constants and the interatomic forces in a regular crystal lattice.· As a result, these particles are held in fixed positions in a crystal lattice.· The arrangement of atoms, molecules or ions in a crystal can be depicted as a crystal lattice.· The crystal lattice is composed of a basic unit called a unit cell.
· Top right: Right handed and left handed quartz crystals.
· A pair of rock crystal goblets engraved with the cipher of Peter the Great.
· This gave the group a crystal structure at a resolution of 2.5 Å.· Thus, by their crystal structure, minerals can tell us something of the pressure conditions at their time of formation.· You need a very powerful microscope if you are to see the fundamental crystal structure of our environment.· The patterns of the lines can be used to find a probable crystal structure.· Almost all metals have one or other of these three crystal structures.· Today crystal structures are analyzed by computer-controlled x-ray diffraction equipment.· Here we describe the crystal structure of a decameric CypA-CsA complex.· Irons come in a variety of classes with different crystal structures, chemical compositions, and inclusions of other minerals.
VERB
· It is likely therefore that the salt crystals were scooped out as they formed.· This process forms gratings in the crystal, a record of the interference pattern.· This acts with the dissolved rock to form calcite crystals which build into often spectacular formations.· As frozen crystals come into contact as water droplets they fuse together forming even bigger crystals.
· Your two crystals grow visibly: they break up from time to time and the pieces also grow.· That has been helpful for scientists seeking to grow better crystals in orbit.· Bones grow by accumulating crystals of minerals.· A 30-percent or 40-percent success rate in growing crystals is considered good.
· The method produces salt crystals from brine pumped up from the salt beds by a steam engine.· One experiment produced crystals of protein molecules that drug company researchers believe could advance the development of antiviral drugs.
· The units use back light liquid crystal displays and, according to Burmarc, consume very little power.· I used the crystal in my wristwatch - all kinds of things.· Sergeyev has developed a machine that uses liquid crystals to recover such energy from the surface of these objects.· He was however grateful to her for curing him; he had not had to use the purple crystals again.
1[uncountable] very high quality clear glass:  a set of six crystal glasses2[countable] a small regular-shaped piece of a substance, formed naturally when this substance becomes solid:  ice crystals copper sulphate crystals3[countable, uncountable] rock that is clear, or a piece of this4[countable] American English the clear cover on a clock or watch
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