单词 | beekite |
释义 | beekite Min.|ˈbiːkaɪt| Also beckite |ˈbɛkaɪt|. [f. the name of Henry Beeke, dean of Bristol (d. 1837): see -ite1.] (See quots.)
[1847A. Dufrénoy Traité de Minéralogie III. 750 Beckite, petites masses concrétionnées, à structure botrioïde, d'un gris rougeâtre, d'un gris sale, qui rayent le verre.] 1856W. Pengelly in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. (Trans.) 74 The most interesting things found in the red Triassic conglomerates of Torbay are the Beekites, so named from the late Dr. Beeke, Dean of Bristol, by whom, it is believed, they were first noticed. Ibid., The interior of the Beekite is calcareous. 1896A. H. Chester Dict. Min. 29 Beekite,..a chalcedonic pseudomorph after corals or shells, often called beckite. The specimens are locally known as beekites, the name probably being used prior to the reference given [i.e. 1847, cited above]. 1950New Biol. VIII. 85 Replacement by silica may also start from various centres on the shells of molluscs, producing an imperfect crystallization in rings (known as beekite structure). |

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11:
相关热词搜索:beekite英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语