adamant

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n. 坚硬的东西 a. 非常坚硬的, 坚强的, 固执的

发音

US /ˈæd.ə.mənt/
其它 /ˈæd.ə.mənt/
IN /ˈæ.ɖə.mᵻnʈ/

词形变化

adamants 复数 adamants more adamant 比较级 most adamant 最高级

别名

adamaunt adament

教材释义与例句

名词

坚硬的东西；坚石

形容词

固执的，坚强的；坚定不移的；坚硬无比的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness.

    金刚石

  2. 2.

    An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness.

    In later use: diamond.

    历史 诗歌
  3. 3.

    An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness.

    In later use: a lodestone.

    古体 诗歌
  4. 4.

    An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness.

    A substance that neutralizes lodestones.

  5. 5.

    Chiefly in of adamant: an embodiment of impenetrable hardness; the quality of not being easily destroyed or overcome; impenetrableness, imperviousness, impregnableness; also, of a person: the quality of not being easily affected emotionally; impassiveness, unmovableness.

    坚固性

    比喻
  6. 6.

    A person or thing having the quality of attracting or drawing; a lodestone, a magnet.

    比喻 废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.

    坚定不移

    坚决

    不屈

  2. 2.

    Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

diamond

上位词 2

c carbon

下位词 2

black diamond carbonado
形容词

同义词 3

inexorable intransigent adamantine

近义相关 1

inflexible

词源

From Middle English adamant, adamaunt, from Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“hard as steel”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “to tame”) or of Semitic origin. Doublet of diamond.

来源：wiktionary