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单词 amber
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amber
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæm.bər/us
/ˈæm.bɚ/
a hard,transparent, yellowish-brownsubstancethat wasformedinancienttimesfromresin(= asubstanceproducedbytrees)and is used injewellery:
琥珀
He has acollectionofprehistoricinsectspreservedinamber.他收集了很多保存在琥珀中的史前昆虫化石。
Greekphilosophersdiscoveredthat when amber isrubbedagainstcloth,lightweightobjectswillstickto it.
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a yellow-browncolour:
Shecombinesstronggeometrywithsubtlecolors, frommutedsagetopaleamber.
Favaios is an ambercolouredsweetwinefrom the Pinhaoareaof Portugal's DouroValley.
mainlyUK
(USusuallyyellow)
the yellowish-orangetrafficlightthatshowsbetween thegreenand theredtowarndriversthat thelightsare about tochange:
（交通信号）黄灯
Thelightsturnedto amber.交通信号变成了黄灯。
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  • Netsuke areminiaturesculpturesmade ofivory,wood,jadeor amber.
  • In about eightyearstime, thesteelwillchangeto adarkamber.
  • Thelightsflashedamber thengreen.
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amber
adjective
uk
/ˈæm.bər/us
/ˈæm.bɚ/
yellow-orange or yellow-brown incolour:
an amberlight
Thelightscastan amberglowon theroom.
made of orcontainingthesubstanceamber:
an ambernecklace
Shestoppedat ashopspecialisinginbeautifulamberjewellery.
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  • In the amberlightof lateafternoon, hesipshistea.
  • Caramelizedsugarshould be amediumambercolour.
  • Shefingeredthe amberbeadsat herneck.
  • Hecarriedacaneandworean amber signetring.
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  • puce
  • rust
  • saffron
  • sapphire
  • sepia
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(Definition ofamberfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
amber
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæm.bər/us
/ˈæm.bɚ/
a hard,transparent, yellowish-brownsubstancethat wasformedinancienttimesfromresin(= asubstanceproducedbytrees)and is used injewellery
琥珀
He has acollectionofprehistoricinsectspreservedinamber.他收集了很多保存在琥珀中的史前昆虫化石。
mainlyUK
(USusuallyyellow)
the yellowish-orangetrafficlightthatshowsbetween thegreenand theredtowarndriversthat thelightsare about tochange
（交通信号）黄灯
Thelightsturnedto amber.交通信号变成了黄灯。

Examplesofamber

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The overall chemical and structural composition is used to divide ambers into five classes.
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Report on human cloning through embryo splitting: anamberlight.
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Amber's method of working is based on building long-term relationships within communities.
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Amber's arrival has a profound effect on all the family members.
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They also note that there is considerable terminological confusion in the termsamberand resinite, not to mention a whole host of specific mineral names.
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All plant-bearing layers have also yielded small amounts of fossilamber.
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All procedures were performed under dim light in a cold room, using chilled solvents andambervials.
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Amber's world returned to normal.
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There are several intriguing problems concerningamber.
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On the surface she refers to heramberbeads but, metonymically, it speaks also of her skin tone:amber, a deep, often quite dark, golden color.
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To start with, it is not even clear exactly what sort of tree produced the fluid resins that subsequently hardened about their entombed captives to form theamber.
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In addition to these stages in theamber, a lemon-shaped body in the abdomen of the fly (best seen with transmitted light) was interpreted to represent the parasitic female nematode.
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Taphonomy of insects in carbonates andamber.
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At the end of the designatedamberperiod, the file is coded "red".
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Theamberlight has been showing for some time and now the red is firmly on.
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