网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 nacre
释义

Definition of nacre in English:

nacre

noun ˈneɪkəˈneɪkər
mass noun
  • Mother-of-pearl.

    珠母贝,珍珠母

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The nacre, or mother of pearl, is the innermost layer, which is composed of thin, alternating, laminae (flakes or sheets) of calcium carbonate and an organic material.
    • The oyster coats the sand grain with a silvery shiny layer called nacre.
    • Back down they go for several more years, during which time the oyster instinctively surrounds the injected foreign body with nacre, so building up a beautiful pearl.
    • Now, researchers have designed a synthetic material that mimics both nacre's internal architecture and its strength.
    • They're an oyster's coping mechanism - they coat the irritant with smooth, shiny nacre.

Derivatives

  • nacreous

  • adjective ˈneɪkrɪəsˈneɪkriəs
    • They suggested that this species is similar in microstructure to modern unionid bivalves, which are externally prismatic and internally nacreous.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Recycled glass tiles emit a nacreous sheen that changes throughout the day.
      • The dorsal ligament groove is overlain dorsally and flanked laterally by the nacreous middle shell layer.
      • The distressed surfaces, with their flinty earth tones, cobalt blues and nacreous whites, hold light like rough alabaster.
      • A solitary spot-light illuminates the stage, bathing the floorboards in a nacreous glow.

Origin

Late 16th century: French, from late Latin nacchara, nacara, perhaps from Arabic.

Rhymes

acre, baker, breaker, Chandrasekhar, faker, forsaker, Jamaica, Laker, maker, partaker, Quaker, raker, saker, shaker, staker, taker, undertaker, waker

Definition of nacre in US English:

nacre

nounˈneɪkərˈnākər
  • Mother-of-pearl.

    珠母贝,珍珠母

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The oyster coats the sand grain with a silvery shiny layer called nacre.
    • Back down they go for several more years, during which time the oyster instinctively surrounds the injected foreign body with nacre, so building up a beautiful pearl.
    • They're an oyster's coping mechanism - they coat the irritant with smooth, shiny nacre.
    • The nacre, or mother of pearl, is the innermost layer, which is composed of thin, alternating, laminae (flakes or sheets) of calcium carbonate and an organic material.
    • Now, researchers have designed a synthetic material that mimics both nacre's internal architecture and its strength.

Origin

Late 16th century: French, from late Latin nacchara, nacara, perhaps from Arabic.

随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/4/4 6:46:07