quartz

英 [kw??ts] 美[kw?rts]
  • n. 石英

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?quartzs;

中文詞源


quartz 石英

來自德語Quarz,石頭結(jié)晶體,石英。

英文詞源


quartz (n.)
"silicon dioxide," 1756, from German Quarz, Zwarc "rock crystal," from Middle High German twarc, probably from a West Slavic source, compare Czech tvrdy, Polish twardy "quartz," noun uses of an adjective meaning "hard," from Old Church Slavonic tvrudu "hard," from Proto-Slavic *tvrd-, from PIE *(s)twer- "to grasp, hold; hard."

雙語例句


1. The prospectors have discovered such minerals as calcite, quartz and asbestos here.
探礦人員在這里發(fā)現(xiàn)了方解石 、 石英、石棉等礦藏.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. There is a great deal quartz in those mountains.
那些山里蘊藏著大量石英.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. To this class of substance belong mica, porcelain, quartz, glass, wood, etc.
屬于這類物質(zhì)的有云母 、 瓷器 、 石英 、 玻璃 、 木材等等.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. The quartz watch keeps good time.
石英表走時準(zhǔn).

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. Quartz timepieces are very accurate, to a minute or two per year.
石英鐘表走時非常準(zhǔn),年誤差僅為一兩分鐘。

來自辭典例句