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sapphirine

/saf-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn/US // ˈsæf ər ɪn, -əˌrin, -əˌraɪn //UK // (ˈsæfəˌriːn, -rɪn) //

燕窝,燕麦,燕京大学,燕京

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pale-blue or greenish, usually granular mineral, a silicate of magnesium and aluminum.
    • : a blue variety of spinel.

Examples

  • Whatever there was in the bit of sapphirine blue, it had life.

  • In spiders they are often of a sapphirine colour, and clear as crystal.

  • He would have taken her hand on this, but the grave, direct gaze of her sapphirine eyes restrained him.

  • Her sapphirine eyes were shining, her hands lay inert in her lap, her lips quivered softly.

  • Ghosts—ghosts—the sapphirine air Teems with them even to the gleaming ends Of the wild day-spring!