onyx: [13] Greek ónux meant ‘claw, fingernail’ (it is distantly related to English nail). Certain sorts of onyx are pink with white streaks, and a resemblance to pink fingernails with their paler crescent-shaped mark at the base led the Greeks to name the stone ónux. The word travelled to English via Latin onyx and Old French onix. => nail
onyx (n.)
mid-13c., from Old French oniche "onyx" (12c.), and directly from Latin onyx (genitive onychis), from Greek onyx "onyx-stone," originally "claw, fingernail" (see nail (n.)). So called because the mineral's color sometimes resembles that of a fingernail, pink with white streaks.
雙語例句
1. The doorway to the core room of Onyx closes.
通往奧星核心房間的門會關(guān)閉.
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2. APRO STONE MERCANTILE retailer of high grade onyx ash urn.
安富玉石骨灰盅直銷中心,專營高質(zhì)骨灰盅及殯儀用品零售.
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3. The Greeks used onyx, agate, and quartz in making their scarabs.
希臘人用鎬瑪腦, 瑪瑙和石英制造他們的圣甲蟲.
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4. Necklace in black onyx with sterling silver toggle. 16 " long. "
黑瑪瑙項鏈,純銀鈕扣. 16 英寸 長.
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5. The crown is decorated with a stunning black onyx cabochon.