Quartz
[kwɔːts] or [kwɔrts]
解释:
(noun.) a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities.
手打:斯蒂芬--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque.
校对:斯坦顿
同义词及近义词:
n. Silex, silica, ROCK-CRYSTAL.
编辑:梅齐
解释:
n. the common form of native silica or the oxide of silicon occurring both in crystals and massive scratching glass easily and becoming positively electrical by friction colourless when pure—Rock-crystal Common and Compact Quartz.—ns. Quartz′-crush′er -mill a machine mill where auriferous quartz is reduced to powder and the gold separated by amalgamation.—adj. Quartzif′erous.—ns. Quartz′ite Quartz′-rock a common rock usually white gray or rusty in colour and composed of an aggregate of quartz-grains welded together.—adjs. Quartzit′ic; Quartz′ose of or like quartz; Quartz′y.
编辑:诺拉
例句:
- Here and there they were broken with streaks and patches of dusky red, green, and occasional areas of white quartz. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- A loud-speaking telephone with quartz cylinder and beam of ultra-violet light. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- They raced wildly after me until, finally, my foot struck a projecting piece of quartz, and down I went sprawling upon the moss. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- It is commonly found in reefs or veins among quartz, and in alluvial deposits; it is separated, in the former case, by quarrying, crushing, washing and treatment with mercury. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- It looks like quartz crystals sticking up out of the dark hollow. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Tunnels through mountain walls, and wells through solid quartz are cut to the depth of thousands of feet. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- In some instances the wood has been converted into solid jasper or has been changed into opal or agate, or filled with chalcedony or crystallized quartz, with beautifully variegated colors. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
校对:奥斯瓦德