Agate

['ægət] or ['æɡət]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles.

昌西整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.

(n.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

(n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

(n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

(n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

錄入:萨姆纳

解釋/意思:

adv. agoing on the way.

n. a precious stone composed of layers of quartz of different tints.—adj. Agatif′erous.

整理:斯图