crystal

英 ['krɪst(ə)l] 美['krɪstl]

n. 结晶，晶体；水晶；水晶饰品
adj. 水晶的；透明的，清澈的
n. (Crystal)人名；(英)克里斯特尔，克丽丝特尔 (女名)

近义词 glassy

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英英释义

1. a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure

2. a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices

3. a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

4. colorless glass made of almost pure silica

5. glassware made of quartz

6. a protective cover that protects the face of a watch

词组搭配

crystal clear

completely transparent and unclouded

清澈透明的；晴朗的

考试真题

For example, we have quartz crystal clocks and watches accurate to within one minute a year.

实用场景例句

ice/salt crystals: 冰 / 盐的结晶体

a pair of crystal earrings: 一对水晶耳环

a crystal chandelier/vase: 水晶玻璃枝形吊灯 / 花瓶

...a strand of crystal beads.: 一串水晶珠子

Some of the finest drinking glasses are made from lead crystal.: 一些最高档的酒杯是用铅晶质玻璃制成的。

...crystal glasses.: 水晶玻璃杯

Get out your best china and crystal.: 拿出你最好的瓷器和水晶玻璃器皿。

...ice crystals.: 冰晶

...salt crystals.: 盐晶体

My crystal ball said that perhaps you are planning to rob the museum in Auldale, yes?: 我的水晶球说或许你正计划抢劫奥戴尔博物馆, 是?

The dining table shone with silver and crystal.: 餐桌上银器皿和水晶玻璃器皿闪光铮亮

It used to be a crystal stream.: 那曾是条清澈见底的小溪.

In late autumn the sky is crystal clear.: 深秋的天空异常爽朗.

Crystal chandeliers glittered brightly above them.: 他们头顶的水晶吊灯闪闪发亮.

The water is crystal clear and drunk without any treatment.: 那水很干净,不经任何处理即可饮用.

She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.: 她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品.

Those fine wine glasses are made of crystal.: 那些漂亮的酒杯是用水晶做的.

The videodisc is made of liquid crystal polymers.: 影碟是由液晶聚合物制成的.

Crystal drops were dripping from a dozen lotus buds in the lake, while beads of water rolled about the leaves.: 湖中有十来枝荷花.荷花上清水滴滴, 荷叶上水珠滚来滚去.

It is crystal clear what we must do.: 我们该做什么是很明显的.

There was a crystal chandelier above their heads.: 他们头顶上方有一个水晶枝形吊灯.

Without a crystal ball, it's impossible to say where we'll be next year.: 不用水晶球预卜未来，我们说不准明年处境如何呀。

I want to make my meaning crystal clear.: 我想把我的意思解释得清清楚楚。

Hugh Johnson's shop in London has a range of superb Swedish crystal glasses that I would have if money were no object.: 休·约翰逊伦敦店出售各种美轮美奂的瑞典水晶玻璃杯，不考虑钱的话我都想买。

If you're a Billy Crystal fan, you'lllove this movie.: 如果你是比利·克里斯托的影迷，你会喜爱这部影片。

Some of the finest drinking glasses are made from lead crystal.: 一些最高档的酒杯是用铅晶质玻璃制成的。

Remember that these are only guidelines: I don't have a crystal ball.: 不要忘了这些只是指导方针：我不能预测未来。

中文词源

crystal 水晶，结晶

来自cryst-,冷，冷冻，词源同crust.

助记提示

1. cry + st- (street) + -al (all) => 在大街上哭，眼泪掉到地上都变成了水晶。
2. crystal　可立视透（可以立马看透）　= 水晶。

双语例句

1. If you're a Billy Crystal fan, you'lllove this movie.: 如果你是比利·克里斯托的影迷，你会喜爱这部影片。

2. Some of the finest drinking glasses are made from lead crystal.: 一些最高档的酒杯是用铅晶质玻璃制成的。

3. The cliffs, lapped by a crystal-clear sea, remind her of Capri.: 清澈的海水拍打着悬崖峭壁，令她想起了卡普里。

4. Remember that these are only guidelines: I don't have a crystal ball.: 不要忘了这些只是指导方针：我不能预测未来。

5. Everyone must be familiar with the old favourite among roses, Crystal Palace.: 大家一定都很熟悉玫瑰中的老牌名品“水晶宫殿”。

英文词源

crystal: crystal: [OE] The prehistoric Indo-European base *kru- produced several words denoting ‘hard outer surface’, including English crust, Old High German hrosa ‘crust’, and Old Norse hrúthr ‘crust’. In some cases they reflect a hardening caused by freezing: Old High German hrosa, for example, also meant ‘ice’, and Greek krúos meant ‘frost’.

From this was derived krustaímein ‘freeze’, which in turn formed the basis of krústallos ‘ice’. When Old English first acquired the word, via Latin crystallum and Old French cristal, it still meant ‘ice’, a sense which survived until the 16th century, although losing ground all the time to the metaphorical extension ‘clear mineral’.
=> crust
crystal (n.): Old English cristal "clear ice, clear mineral," from Old French cristal (12c., Modern French crystal), from Latin crystallus "crystal, ice," from Greek krystallos, from kryos "frost," from PIE root *kru(s)- "hard, hard outer surface" (see crust). Spelling adopted the Latin form 15c.-17c. The mineral has been so-called since Old English; it was regarded by the ancients as a sort of fossilized ice. As a shortened form of crystal-glass it dates from 1590s. As an adjective, from late 14c.

词态变化

复数: crystals;