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An opal is a stone people put in rings and . In the simple picture it looks milky white, but when you turn it, little of green, blue, pink, or orange slide around inside. That changing colour is why people love it.
An opal opal is a stone是一種寶石 people人們 put in rings and earrings會拿來做戒指和耳環 In the simple picture簡單來說 it它 looks milky white看起來是乳白色的 but but 當 when you turn it你轉動它的時候 little fires一小點一小點的光 of green, blue, pink, or orange綠色、藍色、粉紅色或橘色的 slide around inside會在裡面游移閃動 That這種 changing colour會變化的顏色 is why就是為什麼 people人們 love it喜歡它的原因
Though actually, not every famous opal is white: Australia is known for dark ones with a bright flash, and they are still opals. It is a rather soft stone next to diamond, so a ring can scratch if you knock it about.
Though actually不過其實 not every famous opal is white不是每顆有名的opal都是白色的 Australia澳洲 is known for dark ones以深色的opal聞名 with a bright flash帶著明亮的閃光 and而 they它們 are still opals仍然是opal It它 is a rather soft stone next to diamond比鑽石軟得多 so所以 a ring一枚戒指 can scratch可能會刮傷 if you knock it about如果你碰撞到它的話
The name is old. It came through French opale and Latin opalus, from Greek, and before that from a word for a gem or stone. Far, far back, scholars tie that old word to an “upper” millstone — the stone that sits on top — and so, , to English over.
The name這個名字 is old很古老 It它 came through French opale來自法文的opale and Latin opalus和拉丁文的opalus from Greek再往前是希臘文 and before that再更早以前 from a Sanskrit word for a gem or stone是梵文裡一個指寶石或石頭的字 Far, far back追溯到非常久遠以前 scholars學者 tie that old word把這個古字連結到 to an “upper” millstone一顆「上層」的磨石 the stone that sits on top就是疊在上面的那顆石頭 and so, distantly而更遠地 to English over也連結到英文的over
You do not need that in a jewellery shop; it is just the long story of the name.
You你 do not need that in a jewellery shop在珠寶店裡用不到這些 it它 is just the long story of the name只是這個名字背後很長的一段故事
組成From French opale, from Latin opalus, from Greek ὀπάλλιος, from Sanskrit upala, “gem, stone,” tied to upari, “the upper millstone.” Distantly related to over.
同家族的字
- overa very old, distant link: both go back to an idea of something upper or above
- opalescentbuilt from opal; means shining with that same sliding colour
原始詞典資料12 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。
Opalname
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A unisex given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
- Perhaps to console herself for the bad luck she had already suffered, in a back corner of South Sherbrooke Township - or perhaps to make up, ahead of time, for a lack of motherly feelings - she gave the girls the fanciest names she could think of: Opal Violet, Dawn Rose, and Bonnie Hope.
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A unisex given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
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rareA unisex given name from English from the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century.
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A type of petrol made by British Petroleum designed to be unable to be used for petrol sniffing.
- Halton says, for example, that if there are bylaws that prohibit trafficking in fuel in a community where the non-sniffable petrol, Opal, had been introduced it would be the job of the local police to enforce the law. Her department, on the other hand, was dealing with the issue of the availability of Opal.
- Diesel is available at roughly 300km intervals on the WA side, as is Opal fuel which, at the Warburton and Warakuna roadhouses, can be used instead of unleaded petrol. (Opal is unsniffable, and its provision is one of the measures in place to counteract petrol-sniffing problems in local communities.)
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A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
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A census-designated place in Virginia.
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A town in Wyoming.
opalnoun/ˈəʊpəl/
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chemistrygeographygeologyA mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO₂·nH₂O.
- 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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chemistrygemologygeographyA mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO₂·nH₂O.
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The colour of opal: any shade of blue with bright flecks of other colours, such as white, yellow, and red.
- The witchery of the dawn turned the grey river-reaches to purple, gold, and opal; and it was as though the lumbering dhoni crept across the splendors of a new heaven.
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biochemistrybiologychemistryA colloquial name used in molecular biology referring to a particular stop codon sequence, "UGA."
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Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Nesolycaena.
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。