vitreous

/vi-tree-uhs/US // ˈvɪ tri əs //UK // (ˈvɪtrɪəs) //

玻璃体,玻璃质

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.: vitreous china.
- : of or relating to glass.
- : obtained from or containing glass.

adj.glassy

Synonyms

They are transparent to translucent, with a vitreous lustre, and are of an emerald-green to blackish-green colour.
They spoke authoritatively about infusions into the vitreous humor and subsequent absorption.
This he dropped into some molten lead, but it was nearly all exhaled in smoke, and the residue was simply of a vitreous character.
And now another suggestion, based on the fact that slag is vitreous, is put forth, namely to convert it into glass.
It forms the processus falciformis, and from it is derived the vitreous humour.