nacre

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈneɪkə/    美 /ˈneɪkəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — The shell-fish called a Nacre, liveth even so with the Pinnotere, which is a little creature like unto a Crabfish[…].
  2. A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. countable,uncountable
    — On a little table of dark perfumed wood thickly encrusted with nacre, […]was lying a note from Lord Henry, and beside it was a book bound in yellow paper, the cover slightly torn and the edges soiled.

词形变化

nacres plural naker alternative,obsolete nacker alternative,obsolete nakir alternative,obsolete nackir alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
nacred nacrein nacreous nacrite nacrous nacry

词源

Borrowed from Middle French nacre, from Medieval Latin nacchara, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nagara, nagada, and naqareh. Also present in nacarat.
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