crystalline

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any crystalline substance. obsolete
  2. Aniline. obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
  2. Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
  3. Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
    — There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.
  4. Pure.
    — not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).

词形变化

more crystalline comparative most crystalline superlative chrystalline alternative,obsolete crystallines plural chrystalline alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.
词源 2
From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.
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