| 单词 | amethyst |
| 释义 | amethyst —amethystine /am'euh this"tin, -tuyn/, adj. —amethystlike, adj. /am"euh thist/, n. 1. a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem. 2. a purplish tint. adj. 3. having the color of amethyst. 4. containing or set with an amethyst or amethysts: an amethyst brooch. [1250-1300; < L amethystus < Gk améthystos not intoxicating, not intoxicated (so called from a belief that it prevented drunkenness), equiv. to a- A-6 + methys- (var. s. of methýein to intoxicate; see METHYLENE) + -tos verbal adj. suffix; r. ME ametist < AF ametiste < L] |
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