English Dictionary

agate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæɡ.ət/

名詞

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(countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.

日本語の意味

アゲート：半透明で無結晶のシリケート鉱物であり、半貴石として扱われる。試料中に複数の色合いが現れ、色は繊細に配置されるため、しばしば平行に交互する暗い縞模様や明るい縞模様、または雲状に混ざり合った様相を呈する。カルセドニーの一種、石英の一種、あるいはその両方の特徴を持つとされる。

She traced the delicate bands of color in an agate with her finger, marveling at how the patterns resembled a tiny landscape.

彼女は瑪瑙の繊細な色の縞を指でなぞり、その模様が小さな風景のように見えることに感嘆した。

意味（1）

(countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.

The ends of the veil, drawn over her head, were embroidered with silver; she had long gold ear-rings; to a rich and large gold chain was suspended a cross set with precious stones; and over the arm of her chair hung a rosary of agate beads.

意味（2）

(uncountable, US printing, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+¹⁄₂-point.

意味（3）

(countable, typography) One fourteenth of an inch.

意味（4）

(countable, obsolete) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

意味（5）

(countable) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

意味（6）

(countable) A marble made from agate.

意味（7）

(slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.

agates （ plural ）