porphyry 的定义
plural por·phy·ries.
- a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar.
- Petrology. any igneous rock containing coarse crystals, as phenocrysts, in a finer-grained groundmass.
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- He stood still an instant, hidden by the porphyry columns of the portico.
- The crystallised ray enshrines the liquid, and the porphyry flagstones of the terraces reflect the surrounding objects like ice.
- In vain he sought support against one of the porphyry columns at the facade of the mosque.
- The river, perfectly clear of rocks, was a sheet of liquid porphyry, an arrow of dark-red water slightly flecked with foam.
- Now, among the spoil were some bronze gates and two rosy pillars of porphyry, very precious.