bauxite
/ˈbɔːksaɪt/noun
mass noun
- an amorphous clayey rock that is the chief commercial ore of aluminium. It consists largely of hydrated alumina with variable proportions of iron oxides.铝土矿; 铝土岩; 铝矾土。
派生词
bauxitic
adjective词源
mid 19th cent.: from French， from Les Baux （the name of a village near Arles in SE France， near which it was first found） + -ITE1.