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cairngorm

/kairn-gawrm/US // ˈkɛərnˌgɔrm //UK // (ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm, ˌkernˈɡɒrm) //

凯恩戈尔姆,凯尔恩戈姆,凯恩戈姆

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : smoky quartz.

Examples

  • But he had a strong spirit of duty on him; and plodded on instead over the braes till he came near the House of Cairngorm.

  • My father was a rubber—a massage man for the Earl of Cairngorm.

  • So Kit shook his whip, and the Cairngorm flashed in the sun, and the spirit of youth did the same.

  • Cairngorm: a yellow or brown variety of crystallized quartz found in Cairngorm, Scotland.

  • We are glad to see that the obsolete Highland Practice of muffling the ears in a cairngorm has been definitely discarded.