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单词 agate
释义
agate
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈæɡ.ət/us
/ˈæɡ.ət/
a hardstonewithpatternsof differentcolours, oftenbands(=long,narrowpieces)ofcolourthat aretranslucent(=partlytransparent):
There are manyvarietiesof agate frommossagate tolayeredor banded agate.
When I was about 10yearsoldIstartedcollectingandpolishingagates.
More examples
  • Mymumhas abroochwith asliceof agate thatlookslike alandscape.
  • From theoutsidethenodulesarelumpywhitespheres, but whencutinhalfandpolishedthey arerevealedas banded agates.
  • Thearchaeologistsdiscoveredbeadsofgold, carnelian and agate.
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(Definition ofagatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • 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.
agate
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈæɡ.ət/us
/ˈæɡ.ət/
a hardstonewithstripsofcolour, used injewellery
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Examplesofagate

agate
All samples were prepared by crushing in anagateshatterbox.
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Samples were crushed in an iron jaw-crusher and reduced to powder in anagatedisc-mill.
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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.
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The remainder of the book is largely devoted to information about the localities ofagatedeposits.
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Whole-rock samples were trimmed to remove slightly weathered surfaces, and then powdered using anagatemill.
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It is possible, therefore, that these agates were being used as seals.
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It was to bring scales and other weighing machines haying bearings ofagateunder the same duty as weighing machines generally.
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The deposits lined and filled the cavity, first with a darker matrix material, then an inner core ofagateor chalcedony.
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It is quite rare, these days, for subjects other than portraits to be carved by hand asagatecameos.
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Sometimes the natural patterns (usually layered swirls) of theagatecan be seen underneath or behind the decorative symbols and designs, and sometimes not.
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Chrome chalcedony is (together withagate, carnelian, chrysoprase, heliotrope, onyx and others) a variety of chalcedony.
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The parallel nature of the bands also indicates the agate's position inside the lava flow.
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Other types of pseudofossils are kidney ore (round shapes in iron ore) and moss agates, which look like moss or plant leaves.
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Artificial onyx types have also been produced from common chalcedony and plain agates.
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Formerly anagatethat was banded with well-defined colours was the onyx.
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