- A diamond is a valuable gemstone that's often used to make expensive jewelry. You might admire your friend's diamond earrings, but secretly wonder if they're real.
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- n. 钻石;菱形;
- adj. 菱形的
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1. a diamond ring/necklace
钻石戒指╱项链
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2. The lights shone like diamonds.
灯光像钻石一样闪闪发亮。
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3. She was wearing her diamonds.
她戴着钻石首饰。
- diamond (n.) early 14c., extremely hard and refractive precious stone made of pure carbon, 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 (n.)). Playing card suit is from 1590s; Sense in baseball is American English, 1875.
dia·mond ★ / ˈdaɪəmənd ; NAmE ˈdaɪəmənd / noun 1 ★ [uncountable , countable ] a clear precious stoneof pure carbon,the hardest substance known. Diamondsare used in jewellery and also in industry, especially for cutting glass. 金刚石;钻石 ◆ 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。 ◆ The lights shone like diamonds. 灯光像钻石一样闪闪发亮。 ☞see also rough diamond 2 ★ [countable ] a shape with four straight sides of equal length and with angles that are not right angles 菱形 3 diamonds [plural , uncountable ] one of the four suits(= sets) in a pack/deckof cards. The cards are marked with red diamond shapes. (纸牌的)方块 ◆ the ten of diamonds 方块十 4 [countable ] a card of this suit (一张)方块牌 ◆ You must play a diamond if you have one. 如果你有方块就必须出。 5 [countable ] (in baseball 棒球 ) the space inside the lines that connect the four bases;also used to mean the whole baseballfield 内场;棒球场 diamond diamonds dia·mond / ˈdaɪəmənd ; NAmE ˈdaɪəmənd /
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