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amber
琥珀
A hard translucent yellowish-brown fossil resin from ancient coniferous trees, used for jewellery and in varnishes.
- 1.
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
一种坚硬的、通常为黄色至棕色的半透明或透明化石树脂,来自已灭绝的松属针叶树,用于珠宝、装饰,后来溶解为清漆中的粘合剂。一种蓝琥珀在阳光下呈现蓝色而非黄色。
- 2.
a deep yellow color
深黄色
- 3.
A yellow-orange colour.
一种黄橙色。
- 4.
a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
一种硬质、黄色至棕色的半透明化石树脂,用于制作珠宝
- 5.
The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
终止密码子(核苷酸三联体)“UAG”,或在DNA序列中提前出现此终止密码子的突变体。
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Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
犹豫不决,或有限制的批准继续；琥珀色的灯光。
琥珀色；黄灯；犹豫；UAG终止密码子；琥珀突变体；一种坚硬的、通常为黄色至棕色的半透明或透明化石树脂,来自已灭绝的松属针叶树,用于珠宝、装饰,后来溶解为清漆中的粘合剂。一种蓝琥珀在阳光下呈现蓝色而非黄色。；深黄色
In use
The cat's eyes were a bright amber in the sunlight.
She wore a necklace made of polished amber.
The driver slowed down when the traffic light turned amber.
an amber light illuminated the room
Connections
Collocations
- Baltic amber
- 波罗的海琥珀（波罗的海地区产的化石树脂）
- This museum has a collection of Baltic amber.这家博物馆收藏了一批波罗的海琥珀。
- amber necklace
- 琥珀项链
- She wore an amber necklace to the party.她戴着一条琥珀项链去参加聚会。
- amber resin
- 琥珀树脂
- Amber resin is often used to make jewelry.琥珀树脂常被用来制作珠宝。
- amber color
- 琥珀色
- The honey had a deep amber color.那蜂蜜呈现出深琥珀色。
- deep amber
- 深琥珀色
- The sunset painted the sky in shades of deep amber.日落将天空染成深浅不一的深琥珀色。
- amber bead
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Amber 谐音“安柏”，想象一个叫安柏的女孩戴着琥珀色项链，黄色透明树脂。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：珠宝与装饰材料、颜色描述 该词作名词时通常用于中性场合，既可以指代化石树脂及其制品（如琥珀首饰），也可以用来描述琥珀色。日常口语和书面语中都比较常见，没有明显的正式或随意倾向。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 amber 真正押韵的词：clamber、camber，读音均为 /æmbɚ/。注意拼写相似的 member、number、chamber、somber 读音不同：member /ˈmɛmbɚ/、number /ˈnʌmbɚ/、chamber /ˈtʃeɪmbɚ/、somber /ˈsɑːmbɚ/，它们与 amber 并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.