ambergris

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈæm.bə.ɡɹɪs/    美 /ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹɪs/|/ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹis/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull gray to blackish color, formed within the intestines of the sperm whale and used in the production of perfumes. uncountable,usually
    — Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.

词形变化

ambergrises plural amber-gris alternative amber gris alternative ambergreece alternative amber-greece alternative amber greece alternative ambergrease alternative amber-grease alternative amber grease alternative ambergreese alternative amber-greese alternative ambergrise alternative amber-grise alternative amber grise alternative ambergreace alternative amber-greace alternative amber greace alternative ambergrece alternative amber-grece alternative amber grece alternative ambergrese alternative amber-grese alternative amber grese alternative ambergrice alternative amber-grice alternative amber grice alternative ambergriece alternative amber-griece alternative amber griece alternative ambergriese alternative amber-griese alternative amber griese alternative ambregrise alternative ambregris alternative amber de gris alternative

词源

From Old French ambre gris (“grey amber”). Though the term was initially spaced as two words, single-word forms predominated by the 19th century. In the 17th century, folk etymologies interpreting the term as amber grease or amber [of] Greece enjoyed some popularity.
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