sapphire

英 ['sæfaɪə] 美 ['sæfaɪɚ]

解释

※ 提供单词"sapphire"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。

sapphire 蓝宝石

来自拉丁语 sapphirus,来自希腊语 sappheiros,来自希伯来语 sappir,蓝宝石。

sapphire: sapphire: [13] Sapphire can be traced back through Old French safir and Latin sapphīrus to Greek sáppheiros (which seems to have denoted ‘lapis lazuli’, another blue stone), but beyond that its origins are uncertain. It may have been acquired via a Semitic language (Hebrew has sappir), but it has been suggested that its ultimate source could be Sanskrit sanipriya, which stood for a type of dark-coloured precious stone. It meant literally ‘precious to the planet Saturn’, and was a compound of Sani ‘Saturn’ and priya ‘precious’.
sapphire (n.): "precious stone next in hardness to a diamond," mid-13c., from Old French saphir (12c.) and directly from Latin sapphirus (source also of Spanish zafir, Italian zaffiro), from Greek sappheiros "blue stone" (the gem meant apparently was not the one that now has the name, but perhaps rather "lapis lazuli," the modern sapphire being perhaps signified by Greek hyakinthos), from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew sappir "sapphire"), but probably not ultimately from Semitic. Some linguists propose an origin in Sanskrit sanipriya, a dark precious stone (perhaps sapphire or emerald), literally "sacred to Saturn," from Sani "Saturn" + priyah "precious." In Renaissance lapidaries, it was said to cure anger and stupidity. As an adjective from early 15c. Related: Sapphiric; sapphirine.

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1. Indigo develop Sapphire paper surface treatment technologies and Topaz plastic film surface treatment technologies.: Indigo研制出了Sapphire纸张表面处理技术和Topaz的塑料胶片表面处理技术.

3. Now let us consider crystals such as diamond or sapphire.: 现在让我们考虑象钻石和蓝宝石这样的晶体.

5. Mrs. Youse was carrying a valuable sapphire ring wrapped in a handkerchief in her purse.: 尤斯太太拿的手提包内放着一只裹在手帕里的贵重蓝宝石戒指.