cairngorm
/kairn-gawrm/US // ˈkɛərnˌgɔrm //UK // (ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm, ˌkernˈɡɒrm) //
凯恩戈尔姆,凯尔恩戈姆,凯恩戈姆
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : smoky quartz.
Examples
But he had a strong spirit of duty on him; and plodded on instead over the braes till he came near the House of Cairngorm.
My father was a rubber—a massage man for the Earl of Cairngorm.
So Kit shook his whip, and the Cairngorm flashed in the sun, and the spirit of youth did the same.
Cairngorm: a yellow or brown variety of crystallized quartz found in Cairngorm, Scotland.
We are glad to see that the obsolete Highland Practice of muffling the ears in a cairngorm has been definitely discarded.
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