mid-15c., "red or crystalline form of mercuric sulphide," also applied to other ores of mercury, originally with reference to its use as a pigment; from Old French cinabre (13c.), from Late Latin cinnabaris, from Greek kinnabari, of oriental origin (compare Persian zanjifrah in the same sense). Also used 14c.-17c. of red resinous juice of a certain Eastern tree, which was believed to be a mixture of dragon's and elephant's blood.
实用例句
1. Conclusion: the micro - identity is the better method to identify the cinnabar.
结论: 显微鉴别用于朱砂鉴别较好.
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2. Will it end or begin in your cinnabar juice?
要在你的朱红色的果汁里结束还是开始?
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3. Are they the cinnabar and wood carvings you mentioned?
这就是你之前提过的朱金漆木雕?
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4. Cinnabar is the main mineral material for polishing mercury.
丹砂是炼汞最主要的矿物原料.
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5. And Chaozhou cinnabar and gold wood carvings are no exception.
