onyx
onyx — 名詞
1. a hard stone with flat bands of different colours, often black and white, that i
縞瑪瑙
帶平行色帶的半寶石
a hard stone with flat bands of different colours, often black and white, that is cut and polished for use in jewellery and carved objects
Hari wore a ring with a black onyx stone set in silver.
Hari 戴了一枚鑲有黑色縞瑪瑙的銀戒指。
countable: a single cut stone of onyx
The museum displayed an ancient Roman cameo carved from onyx.
博物館展示了一枚用縞瑪瑙雕刻的古羅馬浮雕寶石。
uncountable: onyx as a carving material
Jiwoo bought an onyx necklace to wear with her dark coat.
Jiwoo 買了一條縞瑪瑙項鍊來搭配她的深色外套。
Polished black onyx with thin white stripes covered the kitchen countertops.
拋光的黑色縞瑪瑙帶著細白條紋,鋪滿了廚房流理檯面。
Zuri's bracelet has small beads of onyx, jade, and turquoise.
Zuri 的手鍊上串著縞瑪瑙、翡翠和土耳其藍的小珠。
用法筆記
Uncountable by default (e.g. 'a table inlaid with onyx'). Countable when referring to a specific stone in jewellery ('a fine onyx in a gold setting').