amber

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am·ber /ˈæmbə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]  1. CCa yellowish brown colour 琥珀色，黄褐色2  HBTIa hard yellowish brown substance used to make jewellery 琥珀 an amber necklace 琥珀项链 —amber adjective

Examples from the Corpus

amber• There was no light on in the room directly above, but amber glowed from the darkroom doorway.• Pollard would sit there savoring their gradations: honey amber, copper amber, apricot amber, root-beer amber.• It stayed on her, pinning her down mercilessly, like a fly trapped in amber.• Her face was pale and tragic in the lamplight; her bright eyes shone like amber held up to the light.• Britain may also have been the trade-source of the small amount of amber found in Crete.• Jarvis even sees a market for eyeshields tinted grey, for sunny-day play, or amber, for street hockey at dusk.• I study the amber until the waves of indecision and conflict about leaving Joe and the house recede.• The amber was at one time polished to make a pendant with the fly as centre piece.Origin amber (1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin ambra, from Arabic anbar “substance obtained from the body organs of whales”

am·ber nounChineseSyllable  

colour Corpus a brown yellowish

amber
am‧ber /ˈæmbə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable]
1. a yellowish brown colour
2. a hard yellowish brown substance used to make jewellery:
    an amber necklace
—amber adjective

amberBrE /ˈæmbə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæmbər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a hard clear yellowish-brown substance, used in making decorative objects or jewellery 琥珀◆amber beads琥珀珠子a yellowish-brown colour 琥珀色；黄褐色◆The traffic lights were on amber. 交通信号黄灯亮了。🔊🔊▸ amber adjective