nephrite
nephrite — 名詞
1. a tough, fine-grained stone, ranging in colour from creamy white through deep gr
軟玉；閃玉
兩種玉石中較常見、價格較低的一種
a tough, fine-grained stone, ranging in colour from creamy white through deep green to almost black, that is one of the two minerals sold as jade — the cheaper and more widely found of the pair.
The museum's Maori collection includes a polished nephrite pendant carved in the shape of a fish-hook.
博物館的毛利文物展裡有一塊磨光的軟玉墜飾，雕成魚鉤的形狀。
noun in noun-noun compound: nephrite + object
Reema explained that most ancient Chinese jade carvings were cut from nephrite, not the rarer jadeite.
Reema 解釋說，大部分中國古代的玉雕都是用軟玉做的，而不是比較稀有的硬玉。
contrast pattern: nephrite vs jadeite
Large blocks of nephrite are still pulled from rivers on New Zealand's South Island every year.
紐西蘭南島的河裡每年都還會撈出一大塊一大塊的軟玉。
uncountable: 'blocks of nephrite'
When wet, the dark green nephrite from the cliff shone like deep ocean water.
沾濕之後，那塊從崖壁上取下的深綠色軟玉，亮得像深海的海水。
premodified by colour adjective: 'dark green nephrite'
Piotr's grandfather taught him how to tell nephrite from cheaper green serpentine by tapping it lightly.
Piotr 的爺爺教過他怎麼用輕輕敲打的方式，把軟玉跟比較便宜的綠色蛇紋石分辨出來。
collocation: tell nephrite from [another stone]
- polished nephrite
- carved nephrite
- block of nephrite
- tell nephrite from
- jade
umbrella term that covers both nephrite and jadeite; use 'jade' in general talk and 'nephrite' only when the specific mineral matters
- greenstone
New Zealand English term for nephrite found locally, especially in Maori cultural contexts
- jadeite
the other, rarer and more expensive mineral also marketed as jade
文法句型
uncountable noun
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable. Typically appears in geology, archaeology, and jewellery contexts; modified by colour adjectives (dark green, white) or paired with a contrasting mineral (jadeite, serpentine).