lapis lazuli

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌlap.ɪs ˈlaz.jʊ.laɪ/|/ˈlaz.jʊ.li/    美 /ˌlæp.ɪs ˈlæz.(j)ə.li/|/ˈlæz.(j)ə.laɪ/|/ˈlæʒ.ə.li/|/ˈlæʒ.ə.laɪ/|/ləˈzu.li/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A deep blue stone, used in making jewelry, and traditionally used to make the pigment ultramarine. countable,uncountable
    — He saw the amber silk curtains wave to and fro: the middle window was open; in it stood a pillar of lapis lazuli, which supported an alabaster figure, Canova's Dansatrice.
  2. A deep, bright blue, like that of the stone. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a deep, bright blue, like that of the stone.
    — I cannot convey to you the sheer and surreal scale of everything: the towering ship, the ropes, the ties, the anchor, the pier, the vast lapis lazuli dome of the sky.

词形变化

lapides lazuli plural lapis lazulis plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin.
词源 2
From Middle English lapis lazuli, from Medieval Latin lapis (“stone”) + lazulī, genitive singular of lazulum (“lapis lazuli, azure, the sky”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli, azure”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard). Compare azure, of the same origin.
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