meerschaum / ˈmɪər ʃəm, -ʃɔm /

📖毕业后词汇梅尔斯卡姆梅尔沙姆梅尔沙姆酒梅尔斯卡姆酒

meerschaum 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
  2. a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this substance.

更多meerschaum例句

  1. Non-meerschaum smokers may not know what a delicate task this is, but once well begun the rest is comparatively easy.
  2. It was a windy night and a sudden gust blew his tall hat into the river, and after it unfortunately dropped the meerschaum.
  3. To colour a meerschaum was the ambition of smokers, swearing was considered neither low nor vulgar, and snuffing was fashionable.
  4. Many a fine meerschaum keeps up its cheerful fire on a shilling a-week.
  5. A German receiver can be washed out like a teacup, and the oil collected is of value, but a meerschaum should never be wetted.