• n. 龍涎香；鯨糞

為與amber詞義明確而加上的修飾形容詞gris, 灰白色，詞根同gray.

ambergris

ambergris: [15] The original term for ambergris (a waxy material from the stomach of the sperm whale) was amber. But as confusion began to arise between the two substances amber and ambergris, amber came to be used for both in all the languages that had borrowed it from Arabic, thus compounding the bewilderment. The French solution was to differentiate ambergris as ambre gris, literally ‘grey amber’, and this eventually became the standard English term. (Later on, the contrastive term ambre jaune ‘yellow amber’ was coined for ‘a(chǎn)mber’ in French.) Uncertainty over the identity of the second element, -gris, has led to some fanciful reformulations of the word.

In the 17th century, many people thought ambergris came from Greece – hence spellings such as amber-degrece and amber-greece. And until comparatively recently its somewhat greasy consistency encouraged the spelling ambergrease.
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ambergris (n.)

early 15c., from Middle French ambre gris "gray amber" (see amber), "a wax-like substance of ashy colour, found floating in tropical seas, a morbid secretion from the intestines of the sperm-whale. Used in perfumery, and formerly in cookery" [OED]. Its origin was a mystery in Johnson's day, and he records nine different theories. King Charles II's favorite dish was said to be eggs and ambergris [Macauley, "History of England"]. French gris is from Frankish *gris or some other Germanic source (cognates: Dutch grijs, Old High German gris; see gray (adj.)).

Praise is like ambergris; a little whiff of it, by snatches, is very agreeable; but when a man holds a whole lump of it to his nose, it is a stink and strikes you down. [Pope, c. 1720]

1. For many years the leading fixatives were the animal products ambergris, civet, musk and castoreum.

多年來,用的較多的固定劑是動物制品龍涎香 、 香貓香 、 麝香、以及河貍香.

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2. Ambergris is the concretion in the intestine of the sperm - whale.

龍涎香是抹香鯨腸內(nèi)的結(jié)石.

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3. A chypre , spicy harmony with notes of Coriander , Clove, Oakmoss and Ambergris.

混合著芫荽, 丁香, 橡苔和龍涎香的香水.

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4. When a sperm whale is sick, it many produce a fatty substance called ambergris.

當(dāng)抹香鯨生病時, 它會產(chǎn)生出一種脂肪物質(zhì),被稱為龍涎香.

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5. Ambergris Fragrance. Fragrances are an inexpensive way to perfume unscented hair products and Body Oils.

龍涎香香油, 這款是使發(fā)部和身體散發(fā)香味的不貴的香油.

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