sphalerite
/ˈsfæl.əˌraɪt/
构词拆解
- -ite
- (sometimes derogatory) Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc. · Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure.
词源说明
From Ancient Greek σφαλερός (sphalerós, “unstable, unsteady, precarious”) + -ite; named in 1847.