soapstone

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈsoʊpˌstoʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite. countable,uncountable
    — To have a reliable fire, you'll need to carve a lamp from soapstone (you know what soapstone looks like, right?), render some oil for the lamp from blubber, and make a wick out of a particular species of moss.
  2. Synonym of saponite. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To scrub with soapstone. transitive

词形变化

soapstones plural soapstones present,singular,third-person soapstoning participle,present soapstoned participle,past soapstoned past

词汇关系

衍生词
soapstoner

词源

词源 1
From soap + stone; so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of Nehemiah Grew.
词源 2
From soap + stone; so called because the archetypal varieties of the stone resemble soap in multiple ways: their feel, appearance, and carvability. First use appears c. 1681, in the writings of Nehemiah Grew.
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