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opaline

/oh-puh-lin, -leen, -lahyn/US // ˈoʊ pə lɪn, -ˌlin, -ˌlaɪn //UK // (ˈəʊpəˌlaɪn) //

蛋白石,乳白蛋白,乳白,乳清

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or like opal; opalescent.

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Examples

  • Viewed from the peak, the lakes sparkle like opaline gems in the sun.

  • Its nature is like opaline dove's-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent.

  • Tritons with wreathed horns follow his chariot, and naiads as graceful as the waves sport in the opaline waters.

  • It was about five in the morning, and the sky was beginning to assume those opaline tints which summoned daybreak.

  • They were alone on the wide balcony, and the opaline hues of sunset sparkled on the blue horizon.