amethyst

• n. 紫水晶；[寶] 紫晶；紫色

前綴a-, 沒有。methyst, 酒，詞源同mead，酒。古時候傳說佩戴該石能防醉酒。

希臘前綴a-在輔音前表否定，methys-詞根表酒，與日耳曼詞源的mead [miːd] n.蜂蜜酒同源。Amethyst是一名水澤仙女，不堪酒神Dionysus的糾纏，求助於月亮和狩獵女神Artemis，後者將她變成一塊寶石。Dionysus無奈中將寶石變作紫色（紅酒的顏色）。古人認為紫水晶解酒。

amethyst

amethyst: [13] The amethyst gets its name from a supposition in the ancient world that it was capable of preventing drunkenness. The Greek word for ‘intoxicate’ was methúskein, which was based ultimately on the noun methú ‘wine’ (source of English methyl, and related to English mead). The addition of the negative prefix a- ‘not’ produced the adjective améthustos, used in the phrase líthos améthustos ‘anti-intoxicant stone’. This was borrowed as a noun into Latin (amethystus), and ultimately into Old French as ametiste. English took it over and in the 16th century re-introduced the -th- spelling of the Latin word.
=> mead, methyl

amethyst (n.)

violet quartz, late 13c., ametist, from Old French ametiste (Modern French améthyste) and directly from Medieval Latin amatistus, from Latin amethystus, from Greek amethystos "amethyst," literally "not intoxicating," from a- "not" + methyskein "make drunk," from methys "wine" (see mead (n.1)); based on the stone's ancient reputation for preventing drunkenness, which was perhaps sympathetic magic suggested by its wine-like color. People wore rings made of it before drinking. Spelling restored from Middle English ametist.

1. Amethyst was believed by the Greeks to protect a person from drunkenness.

希臘人認為紫水晶可以防止人喝醉。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She pinned a large amethyst brooch to her lapel.

她在翻領上別了一枚大大的紫水晶飾針.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. On display are earrings, necklaces and bracelets made from jade, amber and amethyst.

展出的有用玉石 、 琥珀和紫水晶做的耳環 、 項鏈和手鐲.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Most of it is a variety of amethyst: that heat turned brown.

大多數石英是一種 紫水晶,高溫使其變為棕色.

來自互聯網

5. Research results on growth of amethyst crystal by hydrothermal method are presented.

報道了水熱法人工紫色水晶生長研究的結果.

來自互聯網