| 词汇 | agate |
| 释义 | agate noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈæɡ.ət/ us /ˈæɡ.ət/ a hard stone with patterns of different colours, often bands (= long, narrow pieces) of colour that are translucent (= partly transparent): 玛瑙 There are many varieties of agate from moss agate to layered or banded agate. When I was about 10 years old, I started collecting and polishing agates. My mum has a brooch with a slice of agate that looks like a landscape. From the outside the nodules are lumpy white spheres, but when cut in half and polished they are revealed as banded agates. The archaeologists discovered beads of gold, carnelian and agate. Geology: precious & semi-precious stones amber blood diamond carbuncle carnelian conflict diamond cornelian cultured pearl gem gemmy jet marcasite onyx opal pearl precious stone ruby semiprecious topaz turquoise unset Among these were drawings of two small fragments of agate, inscribed with characters. Elise wrote home asking if agates were expensive, and if she might have one. The agates now in question are those of the coated kind, so frequent in this country, called pebbles. These little radiating stars are occasionally intersected, and portions are quite cut off by the fine, ribbon-like zones of colour in the agate. To make tea always scald the teapot, which should be agate, earthenware or china, never metal. Examples of agateagate All samples were prepared by crushing in an agate shatterbox. Samples were crushed in an iron jaw-crusher and reduced to powder in an agate disc-mill. The volume starts with a very brief introduction and a section on nomenclature that covers a plethora of variety and trade names applied to agates. The remainder of the book is largely devoted to information about the localities of agate deposits. Whole-rock samples were trimmed to remove slightly weathered surfaces, and then powdered using an agate mill. It is possible, therefore, that these agates were being used as seals. It was to bring scales and other weighing machines haying bearings of agate under the same duty as weighing machines generally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The deposits lined and filled the cavity, first with a darker matrix material, then an inner core of agate or chalcedony. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is quite rare, these days, for subjects other than portraits to be carved by hand as agate cameos. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sometimes the natural patterns (usually layered swirls) of the agate can be seen underneath or behind the decorative symbols and designs, and sometimes not. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Chrome chalcedony is (together with agate, carnelian, chrysoprase, heliotrope, onyx and others) a variety of chalcedony. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The parallel nature of the bands also indicates the agate's position inside the lava flow. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other types of pseudofossils are kidney ore (round shapes in iron ore) and moss agates, which look like moss or plant leaves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Artificial onyx types have also been produced from common chalcedony and plain agates. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Formerly an agate that was banded with well-defined colours was the onyx. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of agate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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