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quartz

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解释

n. 石英

※ 提供单词"quartz"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

quartz 石英

来自德语Quarz,石头结晶体，石英。

英文词源

quartz (n.): "silicon dioxide," 1756, from German Quarz, Zwarc "rock crystal," from Middle High German twarc, probably from a West Slavic source, compare Czech tvrdy, Polish twardy "quartz," noun uses of an adjective meaning "hard," from Old Church Slavonic tvrudu "hard," from Proto-Slavic *tvrd-, from PIE *(s)twer- "to grasp, hold; hard."

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例句和用法

1. The prospectors have discovered such minerals as calcite, quartz and asbestos here.: 探矿人员在这里发现了方解石、石英、石棉等矿藏.

2. There is a great deal quartz in those mountains.: 那些山里蕴藏着大量石英.

3. To this class of substance belong mica, porcelain, quartz, glass, wood, etc.: 属于这类物质的有云母、瓷器、石英、玻璃、木材等等.

4. The quartz watch keeps good time.: 石英表走时准.

5. Quartz timepieces are very accurate, to a minute or two per year.: 石英钟表走时非常准，年误差仅为一两分钟。