"meerschaum" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 海泡石

Definition

一種常用來製作煙斗的柔軟白色礦石，特別適合吸煙用。因能吸收水分和精美雕刻而受人珍視。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這個詞比較罕見，多用於談論煙鬥或礦物學。“海泡石煙鬥”是常見搭配。來自德語，意為“海之泡沫”。一般物品中不常用。

Examples

He collects meerschaum pipes from Turkey.

他收藏來自土耳其的**海泡石**煙鬥。

A meerschaum is white and very light.

**海泡石**呈白色而且非常輕。

Many artists carve figures from meerschaum.

許多藝術家用**海泡石**雕刻人物。

I bought a beautiful old meerschaum at the market yesterday.

我昨天在市場買了一支漂亮的老**海泡石**煙鬥。

His grandfather always smoked a meerschaum after dinner.

他祖父晚飯後總是抽**海泡石**煙鬥。

Did you know Sherlock Holmes’s pipe was made of meerschaum?

你知道福爾摩斯的煙鬥是**海泡石**做的嗎？