argentine
['ɑ:dʒәntain]
n. 银, 银白金属, 银白鱼鳞, 根廷

a. 银, 银, 根廷

[医] 银, 含银

1. I like to wear argentine jewellery.
   喜欢戴银首饰。
2. I like to wear argentine jewellery.
   喜欢戴银首饰。
3. The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
   根廷崩溃供重教。

argentine
[ noun ]

1. any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes

<noun.animal>

[ adj ]

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people

<adj.pert>
Argentinian tango

Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\, n. [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum
silver.]
1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of
lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving
or curved lamellar structure.

2. White metal coated with silver. --Simmonds.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of Europe ({Maurolicus Pennantii}) with
silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes
of the genus {Argentina}.

4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian.

5. {Argentina}; in this sense, usually preceded by the.
[PJC]


Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\ (?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?), a.
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding
like, silver; silvery.

Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. --Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South
America.