Crystalline
['krɪst(ə)laɪn] or ['krɪstə'laɪn]
解释:
(adj.) consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals; 'granite is crystalline' .
(adj.) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; 'the cold crystalline water of melted snow'; 'crystal clear skies'; 'could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool'; 'lucid air'; 'a pellucid brook'; 'transparent crystal' .
(adj.) distinctly or sharply outlined; 'crystalline sharpness of outline'- John Buchan .
整理:普雷斯利--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Consisting, or made, of crystal.
(a.) Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.
(a.) Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.
(a.) Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid.
(n.) A crystalline substance.
(n.) See Aniline.
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例句:
- Would not matter solidifying after fusion form a glass, a vitreous, rather than a crystalline product? 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- He obtained, by fusion, a crystalline carbonate resembling marble. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- If one had habitually breathed the New York air there were times when anything less crystalline seemed stifling. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- At No. 3 a tin dipper, which has been immersed in liquid air, has become so cold and crystalline that it breaks like glass when dropped. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- There has been much discussion and controversy over this Eozoon, but to-day it is agreed that Eozoon is nothing more than a crystalline marking. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- A calm day had settled into a crystalline evening. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- In 1826 Unverdorben obtained from indigo a substance which he called Crystalline. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- In 1892 it was discovered that lime and coal fused together in the intense heat of the electric furnace formed a crystalline, metallic-looking substance called calcium carbide. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Salicylic acid is a white, dry, crystalline powder, devoid of smell or taste, undergoes no change when kept in store, and is neither inflammable nor volatile. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- The eyeball of a nearsighted person is very wide, and the retina is too far away from the crystalline lens. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Being sharp, crystalline, and even in quality, it was a valuable by-product, finding a ready sale for building purposes, railway sand-boxes, and various industrial uses. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The answer to these questions is that the crystalline lens changes shape according to need. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The retina of the eye cannot be moved backward and forward, as the screen was, and the crystalline lens is permanently located directly back of the iris. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Among young people headaches are frequently caused by over-exertion of the crystalline muscles. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The human eye possesses a most wonderful lens and screen (Fig. 78); the lens is called the crystalline lens, and the screen is called the retina. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The eyeball of a farsighted person is very short, and the retina is too close to the crystalline lens. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
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