am·ber /ˈæmbɚ/
琥珀色(a.)琥珀色的,琥珀的
am·ber /ˈæmbɚ/ 名詞
琥珀,琥珀色,淡黃色,使成琥珀色
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.
Am·ber, a.
1. Consisting of amber; made of amber. “Amber bracelets.”
2. Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored. “The amber morn.”
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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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
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.