crystal
US
UK crystal n: (glassware)
SC 水晶玻璃 shuǐ jīng bō li
SC 水晶玻璃制品 shuǐ jīng bō li ，shuǐ jīng bō li zhì pǐn
We drink from our good crystal at holiday meals.
crystal n: (chemistry: mineral) (化学)
SC 结晶体，结晶 jié jīng tǐ ，jié jīng
TC 結晶體，結晶
TC 結晶體，結晶
At high altitudes, ice crystals may form on an airplane's wings.
Leon showed us how to grow sugar crystals on a string.
到了高空，飞机的机翼上可能会有冰晶形成。// 里昂向我们展示了如何在一条绳线上结出糖晶。
crystal n as adj: (made of lead glass)
SC 水晶的 shuǐ jīng de
SC 水晶制的
This crystal vase once belonged to my grandmother.
crystal n as adj: (clear)
SC 清澈的 qīng chè de
SC 明澈的
The crystal pond reflected the yellow trees around it.
crystal ball n: (glass ball used to predict future)
SC 水晶球 shuǐ jīng qiú
The fortune-teller gazed into the crystal ball.
crystal meth, meth n: informal, abbr (addictive drug: methamphetamine) (脱氧麻黄碱)
SC 冰毒 bīng dú
crystal-clear, crystal clear adj: figurative (obvious)
SC 清晰明了的 qīng xī míng le de
SC 非常清楚的 qīng xī míng le de，fēi cháng qīng chǔ de
The chief executive made his opposition to the proposal crystal clear.
crystal-clear, crystal-clear adj: figurative (easy to understand)
SC 非常明白 fēi cháng míng bái
SC 十分清楚 fēi cháng míng bái，shí fēn qīng chǔ
His explanation was crystal clear.
crystal-clear, crystal clear adj: (water: pure, clean) (水)
SC 纯净的，清澈的，透明如水晶的 chún jìng de，qīng chè de ，tòu míng rú shuǐ jīng de
TC 純淨的
TC 純淨的
She swam in the crystal-clear water.
The water up in the mountains is crystal clear.
她在清澈的水中游泳。//山里的水很纯净。
rock crystal n: (mineral: clear quartz)
SC 水晶 shuǐ jīng
Rock crystal is mined in the Ural mountains.