crystal
noun /ˈkrɪstl/
/ˈkrɪstl/
结晶;晶体 - ice/salt crystals
冰/盐的结晶体
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- single
- small
- tiny
- …
- form
- grow
- ice/salt crystals
水晶(如石英,用于制作珠宝饰物) - crystal earrings
水晶耳环
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- single
- small
- tiny
- …
- form
- grow
- crystal earrings
- [uncountable] glass of very high quality
水晶玻璃 - a crystal chandelier/vase
水晶玻璃枝形吊灯/花瓶 - Every table had been set with fine china and crystal.
每张桌子都摆放着精美的瓷器和水晶。
- a crystal chandelier/vase
- [countable] a small piece of a mineral that some people believe has the power to bring health or happiness
结晶;晶体 - Smoky Quartz is a powerful healing crystal.
烟熏石英是一种强大的治疗水晶。 - She claims that the crystal awakened her mind power and enabled her to win the race.
她声称水晶唤醒了她的精神力量,使她赢得了比赛。
- Smoky Quartz is a powerful healing crystal.
- [countable] a piece of glass or plastic that covers the face of a watch
see also liquid crystal display石英玻璃表护面;塑料表护面;表蒙子 - (also meth, crystal meth)(informal) a powerful illegal drug, methamphetamine, that looks like small pieces of glass
冰毒(即甲基苯丙胺)
词源late Old English (denoting ice or a mineral resembling it), from Old French cristal, from Latin crystallum, from Greek krustallos ‘ice, crystal’. The chemistry sense dates from the early 17th cent.