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    Amethyst is a purple gemstone, a type of quartz, often used in jewelry like rings and necklaces. The word is also used for that purple color itself, a shade close to violet or light purple.

    紫水晶；紫水晶色

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成from Greek 'a-' (not) + 'methystos' (drunk) — ancient Greeks believed the stone could prevent drunkenness

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Amethystname

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    A female given name.

    • The Australian rapper Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly.

amethystnoun/ˈæm.ə.θɪst/

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    A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.

    • The burning evening sun lighted with mellow gold the coats of the fierce little tiger-kittens — orange silk with stripes of black velvet — the broken amethysts and ruined emeralds of the poor bird's train cruelly scattered over the trampled grass
    • Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
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    A purple colour.

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    governmentheraldryhobbiesThe tincture purpure, when blazoning by precious stones.

    • The Field is Topaz, a Lion rampant Amethyst [...]
    • Purple, on the arms of princes Mercury, of peers amethyst, and of commoners purpure, [is represented] by diagonal lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base.

amethystadj/ˈæm.ə.θɪst/

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    Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。