diamond

英 ['daɪəmənd] 美['daɪəmənd]

n. 钻石，金刚石；菱形；方块牌
adj. 菱形的；金刚钻的
n. (Diamond)人名；(英、意、葡)戴蒙德；(法)迪亚蒙

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英英释义

1. a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

2. very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

3. a playing card in the minor suit of diamonds

4. the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

5. the baseball playing field

词组搭配

diamond cut diamond

used to describe a situation in which a sharp-witted person meets their match

棋逢敌手，势均力敌

考试真题

Researchers recently found kimberlite ( ' , 金伯利岩) deposits hinting at the existence of diamonds.

Clothes and other items that need to be tried on such as diamond rings and gold necklaces are generally not suited to virtual retailing, and, of course, items with a low value- to-weight ratio.

Sixteen years earlier, Pahlsson had removed the diamond ring to cook a meal.

实用场景例句

the ten of diamonds: 方块十

You must play a diamond if you have one.: 如果你有方块就必须出。

The lights shone like diamonds.: 灯光像钻石一样闪闪发亮。

a ring with a diamond in it: 钻石戒指

a diamond ring/necklace: 钻石戒指 / 项链

She was wearing her diamonds (= jewellery with diamonds in it) .: 她戴着钻石首饰。

...a pair of diamond earrings.: 一对钻石耳环

...a sphere made of diamond without impurity or flaw.: 用钻石制成的完美无瑕的圆球

Nicole loves wearing her diamonds, even with jeans and a white T-shirt.: 妮科尔很喜欢戴她的钻石首饰，即使穿的是牛仔裤和白色T恤衫。

He formed his hands into the shape of a diamond.: 他双手合成菱形。

He drew the seven of diamonds.: 他摸了一张方块 7。

The skill with which Mr. Smith faceted the diamond is remarkable.: 史密斯先生在钻石上雕刻小平面的精湛技巧真是了不起.

Remember: the longer you keep the mouse drawing over the same area , the darker area gets.: 记住: 鼠标停留的时间越长, 该区域的颜色加深就越多.

I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.: 我刚刚下了船,一个想卖给我钻石戒指的人便向我发动了进攻.

The diamond ring glittered on his finger.: 钻戒在他的手指上闪闪发亮.

Charcoal and diamond are allotropes of carbon.: 木炭和金刚石都是炭的同素异形物

The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.: 金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒.

They stated the diamond to have been stolen.: 他们宣称钻石已被偷了.

" Oh , thank you!'she enthused gratefully. " You're a real gem, a diamond of the first water. ”: “ 谢谢! ” 她表示感激热情洋溢地说, “ 你真是一个被人尊敬的人, 第一流的好人. ”

The jeweller pronounced the diamond to be genuine.: 珠宝商宣称这金刚石是真的.

There was a sudden sparkle as her diamond ring caught the light.: 当她的钻石戒指遇到光时,有阵突然的闪耀.

She keeps flashing that diamond about to show everyone that she is going to be married.: 为了使人们都知道她要结婚了,她到处炫耀那颗钻石.

Though the man I introduced to you last night looks somewhat boorish, he is a diamond in the rough.: 我昨天晚上介绍给你认识的那个人虽然看上去有点没礼貌, 可他是个外粗内秀的人.

He is a diamond of the first water, always obliging.: 他是第一流的好人, 总是乐于帮助别人.

The jeweler scrutinized the diamond for flaws .: 宝石商人仔细察看钻石有无瑕庇

The customs inspector was on the watch for diamond smugglers.: 海关检查员正监视着钻石走私的活动.

The diamond must have got knocked out of my ring when I dropped it.: 我把戒指掉在地上时,钻石一定是被摔掉了.

With regard to hardness, the diamond is in a class by itself.: 讲硬度, 金刚钻是独一无二的.

中文词源

diamond 钻石

来自拉丁语adamans, 不可驯服的，词源同adamant. a-, 不，非，-dam, 同tame, 驯服。用来指钻石。

双语例句

1. The cut of a diamond depends on the skill of its craftsman.: 钻石切割靠的是工匠的技艺。

2. The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert.: 这些钻石城镇正逐渐重归沙漠。

3. In industry, diamond can form a tough, non-corrosive coating for tools.: 在工业上，金刚石可以用作工具表面坚固、耐腐蚀的覆盖层。

4. She wore several diamond rings.: 她戴了好几个钻石戒指。

5. Desmond did not believe the diamond was real.: 德斯蒙德不相信那钻石是真的。

英文词源

diamond: diamond: [13] Diamond is an alteration of adamant, a rather archaic term which nowadays refers to hard substances in general, but formerly was also used specifically for ‘diamond’. The alteration appears to have come about in Latin of post-classical times: adamant- (stem of Latin adamas) evidently became Vulgar Latin *adimant- (source of French aimant ‘magnet’), which appears to have opened the way to confusion, or at least association, with words beginning dia-. The result was medieval Latin diamant-, which passed into English via Old French diamant.
=> adamant
diamond (n.): early 14c., from Old French diamant, from Medieval Latin diamantem (nominative diamas), from Vulgar Latin *adiamantem (altered by influence of the many Greek words in dia-), from Latin adamantem (nominative adamans) "the hardest metal," later, "diamond" (see adamant). Playing card suit is from 1590s; Sense in baseball is American English, 1875.

词态变化

复数: diamonds;