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From:
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am·ber
/ˈæmbɚ/
琥珀色(
a
.)琥珀色的,琥珀的
From:
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am·ber
/ˈæmbɚ/
名詞
琥珀,琥珀色,淡黃色,使成琥珀色
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Am·ber
n.
1.
Min.
A
yellowish
translucent
resin
resembling
copal
,
found
as
a
fossil
in
alluvial
soils
,
with
beds
of
lignite
,
or
on
the
seashore
in
many
places
.
It
takes
a
fine
polish
,
and
is
used
for
pipe
mouthpieces
,
beads
,
etc
.,
and
as
a
basis
for
a
fine
varnish
.
By
friction
,
it
becomes
strongly
electric
.
2.
Amber
color
,
or
anything
amber-colored
;
a
clear
light
yellow
;
as
,
the
amber
of
the
sky
.
3.
Ambergris
. [
Obs
.]
You
that
smell
of
amber
at
my
charge
.
--
Beau
. &
Fl
.
4.
The
balsam
,
liquidambar
.
Black amber
,
and
old
and
popular
name
for
jet
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Am·ber
,
a.
1.
Consisting
of
amber
;
made
of
amber
.
“
Amber
bracelets.”
2.
Resembling
amber
,
especially
in
color
;
amber-colored
.
“The
amber
morn.”
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Am·ber
,
v. t.
[
p.
p
. &
p
. a.
Ambered
.]
1.
To
scent
or
flavor
with
ambergris
;
as
,
ambered
wine
.
2.
To
preserve
in
amber
;
as
,
an
ambered
fly
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
amber
adj
:
a
medium
to
dark
brownish
yellow
color
[
syn
:
brownish-yellow
,
yellow-brown
]
n
1:
a
deep
yellow
color
; "
an
amber
light
illuminated
the
room
";
"
he
admired
the
gold
of
her
hair
" [
syn
:
gold
]
2:
a
hard
yellowish
to
brownish
translucent
fossil
resin
;
used
for
jewelry
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Amber
(
Ezek
. 1:4, 27; 8:2.
Heb
.,
hashmal
,
rendered
by
the
LXX
.
elektron
,
and
by
the
Vulgate
electrum
),
a
metal
compounded
of
silver
and
gold
.
Some
translate
the
word
by
"
polished
brass
,"
others
"
fine
brass
,"
as
in
Rev
. 1:15; 2:18.
It
was
probably
the
mixture
now
called
electrum
.
The
word
has
no
connection
,
however
,
with
what
is
now
called
amber
,
which
is
a
gummy
substance
,
reckoned
as
belonging
to
the
mineral
kingdom
though
of
vegetable
origin
,
a
fossil
resin
.
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