onyx
英['ɒnɪks;'əʊnɪks]
美['ɑnɪks]
- n. [矿物] 缟玛瑙；[动] 爪甲
中文词源
onyx 玛瑙石
来自希腊语onyx,玛瑙石，来自PIE*onogh,爪子，指甲，词源同nail,ungulate. 因这种石头的颜色形如指甲而得名。
英文词源
- onyx
- onyx: [13] Greek ónux meant ‘claw, fingernail’ (it is distantly related to English nail). Certain sorts of onyx are pink with white streaks, and a resemblance to pink fingernails with their paler crescent-shaped mark at the base led the Greeks to name the stone ónux. The word travelled to English via Latin onyx and Old French onix.
=> nail - onyx (n.)
- mid-13c., from Old French oniche "onyx" (12c.), and directly from Latin onyx (genitive onychis), from Greek onyx "onyx-stone," originally "claw, fingernail" (see nail (n.)). So called because the mineral's color sometimes resembles that of a fingernail, pink with white streaks.
双语例句
- 1. The doorway to the core room of Onyx closes.
- 通往奥星核心房间的门会关闭.
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- 2. APRO STONE MERCANTILE retailer of high grade onyx ash urn.
- 安富玉石骨灰盅直销中心,专营高质骨灰盅及殡仪用品零售.
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- 3. The Greeks used onyx, agate, and quartz in making their scarabs.
- 希腊人用镐玛脑, 玛瑙和石英制造他们的圣甲虫.
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- 4. Necklace in black onyx with sterling silver toggle. 16 " long. "
- 黑玛瑙项链,纯银钮扣. 16 英寸 长.
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- 5. The crown is decorated with a stunning black onyx cabochon.
- 表把顶部以一颗漂亮的圆顶形黑色缟玛瑙石装饰.
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