sapphirine
/saf-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn/US // ˈsæf ər ɪn, -əˌrin, -əˌraɪn //UK // (ˈsæfəˌriːn, -rɪn) //
燕窝,燕麦,燕京大学,燕京
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a pale-blue or greenish, usually granular mineral, a silicate of magnesium and aluminum.
- : a blue variety of spinel.
Examples
Whatever there was in the bit of sapphirine blue, it had life.
In spiders they are often of a sapphirine colour, and clear as crystal.
He would have taken her hand on this, but the grave, direct gaze of her sapphirine eyes restrained him.
Her sapphirine eyes were shining, her hands lay inert in her lap, her lips quivered softly.
Ghosts—ghosts—the sapphirine air Teems with them even to the gleaming ends Of the wild day-spring!
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