diamond
英 ['da??m?nd]
美['da??m?nd]
- n. 鉆石，金剛石；菱形；方塊牌
- adj. 菱形的；金剛鉆的
- n. (Diamond)人名；(英、意、葡)戴蒙德；(法)迪亞蒙
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?diamonds;
中文詞源
diamond 鉆石
來自拉丁語adamans, 不可馴服的，詞源同adamant. a-, 不，非，-dam, 同tame, 馴服。用來指鉆石。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The cut of a diamond depends on the skill of its craftsman.
- 鉆石切割靠的是工匠的技藝。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert.
- 這些鉆石城鎮(zhèn)正逐漸重歸沙漠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In industry, diamond can form a tough, non-corrosive coating for tools.
- 在工業(yè)上，金剛石可以用作工具表面堅固、耐腐蝕的覆蓋層。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She wore several diamond rings.
- 她戴了好幾個鉆石戒指。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Desmond did not believe the diamond was real.
- 德斯蒙德不相信那鉆石是真的。
來自柯林斯例句