Without any trace of nervousness, she made a careful, deep incision on her upper arm. Maskull expostulated. "Really, this part of it is nothing," she said, laughing. "And if it were - a sacrifice that is no sacrifice - what merit is there in that? Come now - your arm!"
The blood was streaming down her arm. It was not red blood, but a milky, opalescent fluid. "Not that one!" said Maskull, shrinking. "I have already been cut there." He submitted the other, and his blood poured forth.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
And he quickly bent his eyes to the ground for politeness' sake, and had appeared to take a renewed interest in the singers, only showing the back of his head and his black hair that fell in rather long curls upon his neck. And although she had asked the names of several others, she had not dared ask his. The fine profile, the grand half-savage look, the brown, almost tawny pupils moving rapidly on the bluish opal of the eyes; all this had impressed her and made her timid.英文原著 · 《AN ICELAND FISHERMAN》
" Well, Johnnie," he said cheerfully to the lad who operated this machine, "is business good?" "Yes, sir, pretty good," answered the boy, grinning. The little cage sank swiftly; floor after floor seemed to be rising with marvellous speed; the whole building was winging straight into the sky. There were soaring lights, figures and the opalescent glow of ground glass doors marked with black inscriptions. Other lifts were springing heavenward. All the lofty corridors rang with cries. " Down! " " Down! " " Up!英文原著 · 《Active Service》
{} March Sapphire. (=Lapis lazuli). stone for "luck". The belief in the occult powers of certain stones is by no means non-existent at the present day; for even in these enlightened times there are not wanting those who fear the beautiful opal, and put their faith in the virtues of New Zealand green-stone.英文原著 · 《Bygone Beliefs》
Jan.=Garnet. May =Emerald. =Sapphire, Feb.=Amethyst. June=Agate. =Opal. Mar.=Bloodstone. July =Ruby. Nov.=Topaz.英文原著 · 《Bygone Beliefs》
The bloodstone is frequently assigned either to Aries or Scorpio, owing to its symbolical connection with Mars; and the opal to Cancer, which in astrology is the constellation of the moon.英文原著 · 《Bygone Beliefs》
I say, "I can't talk right now. Call me at Wood Opal." Well, he does, and then suddenly Wood Opal is going,美剧 · 《Sillicon Valley》
I want the 600-karat black opal, the uncut gem shit. What do you got?美剧 · 《Billions》
And yet Raviga, Coleman Blair Partners, and Wood Opal Fund have all passed.美剧 · 《Sillicon Valley》
Tell her, her eyes shimmer like opalescent lilies In the lake of the palace of the celestial maidens.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》