sapphire

FREQ #18559 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 天蓝色的 n. 蓝宝石, 刚玉宝石, 天蓝色

发音

UK /ˈsæf.aɪ̯ə/
US /ˈsæf.aɪ̯əɹ/

词形变化

sapphires 复数 sapphires more sapphire 比较级 most sapphire 最高级

别名

saffire sapher saphir saphire

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

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  2. 2.

    A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.

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  3. 3.

    A deep blue colour.

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  4. 4.

    Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.

    蓝宝石

    可数 不可数 政治 纹章
  5. 5.

    Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.

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  6. 6.

    Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    of a deep blue colour.

    蓝宝石

  2. 2.

    pertaining to a 45th year

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

azure cerulean sky blue

上位词 6

blue jewel gem blueness corundum precious stone

下位词 1

star sapphire
形容词

近义相关 1

chromatic

相关短语

sapphire glass sapphire glasses Sapphire Beach white sapphire water sapphire [采矿]堇青水蓝宝石 blue-throated sapphire star sapphire 星彩蓝宝石 sea sapphire

词源

From Middle English saphir, from Old French saphir, from Latin sapphir, sappir, sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros, “precious stone, gem”), from a Semitic language such as Hebrew סַפִּיר (sappī́r, “lapis lazuli”), originally from Assyrian Akkadian šipirtu (“lapis lazuli”).

来源：wiktionary