| 单词 | alabaster |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['æləbɑ:stə] |
| 解释 | a.雪白的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 雪白的(translucent, smooth and white) 【记】 原指透明的雪花石膏 ，引申为'雪白的' air) |
| 字源 | alabaster (n.) translucent whitish kind of gypsum used for vases, ornaments, and busts, late 14c., from Old French alabastre (12c., Modern French albâtre), from Latin alabaster "colored rock used to make boxes and vessels for unguents," from Greek alabastros (earlier albatos) "vase for perfumes," perhaps from Egyptian 'a-labaste "vessel of the goddess Bast." Used figuratively for whiteness and smoothness from 1570s. "The spelling in 16-17th c. is almost always alablaster ..." [OED]. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 雪白的 【记】1)原指雪花石膏(一种不透明的、白色或浅色的纹理细密的石膏), 后引申为"quot;雪白的"quot;. 2)a一个, lab实验室, aster读: 爱死它－一个实验室中生产出来的让人爱不释手的东西－雪花石膏. 因为, 将其磨成粉后可制成增白粉蜜, 特别受黑哥、黑妹的喜爱. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】alb 白 + aster星→雪白之星，最白的东西； alb 阿拉伯，阿拉伯人给人的印象是白，全都穿着白袍，住的地方也是白花花的，全是沙漠，没有绿树 【相关】album 相册 |
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