'agate' 的视觉含义？ - 通过图片学习，日常生活中的例子

noun

玛瑙

A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

"My grandmother's favorite necklace has a beautiful agate pendant, its swirling brown and white bands creating a unique pattern in the stone. "

我奶奶最喜欢的项链上有一块漂亮的玛瑙吊坠，它那旋转的棕色和白色条纹在石头上形成了独一无二的图案。

geology mineral material substance nature

noun

玛瑙体

The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point.

"The footnotes in the old book were printed in agate, making them very small and hard to read without a magnifying glass. "

那本旧书的脚注是用玛瑙体印刷的，字体非常小，不借助放大镜几乎无法阅读。

type writing language

noun

玛瑙字，十四分之一英寸

One fourteenth of an inch

"The printer needs to shift the image just one agate to the right to center it on the page. "

打印机需要把图像向右移动一个玛瑙字，这样才能在页面上居中。

unit amount number

noun

玛瑙人，小矮人

A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

"Though a respected professor, Dr. Evans was such an agate that he was often mistaken for a student. "

虽然埃文斯博士是一位受人尊敬的教授，但他身材实在太矮小了，以至于经常被人误认为是学生。(Suīrán Āiwēnsī bóshì shì yī wèi shòu rén zūnjìng de jiàoshòu, dàn tā shēncái shízài tài ǎixiǎo le, yǐzhì yú jīngcháng bèi rén wùrèn wéi shì xuésheng.)

person appearance character