Granite



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 花岗石
• ［类］ iron : metal / granite : rock ( 铁是一种金属 / 花岗岩是一种岩石)
• ［记］ gran ( =grain 颗粒) +ite -> 颗粒状石头 -> 花岗岩

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Italian granito, from past participle of granire to granulate, from grano grain, from Latin granum
• Date: 1646
• 1. a very hard natural igneous rock formation of visibly crystalline texture formed essentially of quartz and orthoclase or microcline and used especially for building and for monuments
• 2. unyielding firmness or endurance <the cold granite of Puritan formalism — V. L. Parrington>
• ? granitelike adjective
• ? granitic adjective
• ? granitoid adjective

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