diamond
n. 钻石, 菱形 [计] 菱形
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教材释义与例句
钻石，金刚石；菱形；方块牌
a clear, very hard valuable stone, used in jewellery and in industry
菱形的；金刚钻的
释义与例句
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1.
A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
金刚石
不可数 可数The saw is coated with diamond.
synthetic diamond
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A gemstone made from this mineral.
钻石
璇石
可数 不可数The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.
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A diamond ring.
可数 不可数What a beautiful engagement diamond.
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A very pale blue color.
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Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
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Something that resembles a diamond.
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A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
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A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
菱形
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The entire field of play used in the game.
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The infield of a baseball field.
球场
内野
可数 不可数 体育 游戏The teams met on the diamond.
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A card of the diamonds suit.
方块
阶砖
可数 不可数 游戏I have only one diamond in my hand.
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A town square.
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The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4+¹⁄₂-point.
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To adorn with or as if with diamonds.
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Made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
钻石
He gave her diamond earrings.
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2.
Of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.
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Of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.
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4.
First-rate; excellent.
俚语He's a diamond geezer.
词汇关系
同义词 7
上位词 10
下位词 4
部分词 10
整体词 5
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词源
From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “diamond”). Doublet of adamant. The printing sense is a calque of Dutch diamant, used by Dirck Voskens who first cut it around 1700; compare pearl, ruby (“size of type between pearl and nonpareil”).
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