| 词汇 | crystal |
| 词源 | crystal. Crystal derives from the Greek word for ice and, in- deed, was an early English synonym for ice. When the first quartz crystals were observed by the ancients, they were thought to be merely ice crystals petrified by some natural pro- cess over the ages and were thus given the same name. We still retain the old meaning of crystal as “ice” in the fortune-teller’s crystal ball, which isn’t at all like crystal as we know it but does resemble a ball of ice. |
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