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单词 citrine
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Definition of citrine in English:

citrine

noun ˈsɪtrɪn
mass noun
  • 1A glassy yellow variety of quartz.

    黄水晶;茶晶

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We got to know several of them by name, and they started to realize that we didn't want to see any more low-grade amethyst and citrine.
    • The next few pockets yielded only dark blue apatite and clear to smoky to pale citrine quartz.
    • I've seen earrings, necklaces, and rings with all sorts of gems including amethyst, citrine, blue topaz, and garnet.
    • Before nightfall, the group had seen amethyst, citrine, imperial topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline, and even alexandrite.
    • You will need a solar stone, such as citrine, yellow topaz, carnelian or yellow tiger's eye.
    1. 1.1 A light greenish-yellow.
      浅绿黄色,柠檬色
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Below them a sumptuous overspill of nasturtiums distends from the orange blazon of their open flowers, and then from the horned bright outbursts of their incipient bloom, to the citrine pallor of their unfolding buds.
      • Waves of applause greeted a cinched blue silk jacket with a shawl collar scattered with silver embroidery, worn over a citrine skirt in mille-feuille layers of stiff organdie.
      • From verdant wallpaper murals to heaving citrine bodices, the imported hues of conquered cultures saturate.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French citrin 'lemon-coloured', from medieval Latin citrinus, from Latin citrus 'citron tree'.

Definition of citrine in US English:

citrine

(also citrine quartz)
noun
  • 1A glassy yellow variety of quartz.

    黄水晶;茶晶

    Also called false topaz
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We got to know several of them by name, and they started to realize that we didn't want to see any more low-grade amethyst and citrine.
    • The next few pockets yielded only dark blue apatite and clear to smoky to pale citrine quartz.
    • Before nightfall, the group had seen amethyst, citrine, imperial topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline, and even alexandrite.
    • You will need a solar stone, such as citrine, yellow topaz, carnelian or yellow tiger's eye.
    • I've seen earrings, necklaces, and rings with all sorts of gems including amethyst, citrine, blue topaz, and garnet.
    1. 1.1 A light greenish-yellow.
      浅绿黄色,柠檬色
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Below them a sumptuous overspill of nasturtiums distends from the orange blazon of their open flowers, and then from the horned bright outbursts of their incipient bloom, to the citrine pallor of their unfolding buds.
      • Waves of applause greeted a cinched blue silk jacket with a shawl collar scattered with silver embroidery, worn over a citrine skirt in mille-feuille layers of stiff organdie.
      • From verdant wallpaper murals to heaving citrine bodices, the imported hues of conquered cultures saturate.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French citrin ‘lemon-colored’, from medieval Latin citrinus, from Latin citrus ‘citron tree’.

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