diamond
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈdaɪə.mənd]
- 美式音标 [ˈdaɪəmənd, ˈdaɪmənd]
- 国际音标 ['daiəmənd]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 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
词源解说
- 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的diamant，意为金刚石。
词根记忆
- “戴梦得”→著名的珠宝品牌→钻石
同根派生
用法辨析
- diamond的基本意思是“钻石,金刚石”,指一种已知的最坚硬的矿物质,可用于多种用途(如装饰首饰等); 还可以指类似于方块状,但又不是完全直角的形状,即“菱形”。diamond还可用来指纸牌游戏中的“方块”。
- diamond多为可数名词,当作“金刚石,钻石”解时也可用作不可数名词。
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- The diamond sparkles with brilliant light.
钻石闪烁出灿烂的光芒。
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- contain diamond 镶钻石
- cut diamond 雕琢钻石
- grind diamond 磨光钻石
- polish diamond 磨光钻石
- set diamond 镶钻石
用作名词 (n.)
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英英字典
- (STONE) a transparent, extremely hard precious stone that is used in jewellery, and in industry for cutting hard things
- (SHAPE) a shape with four straight sides of equal length, forming two opposite angles that are wide and two that are narrow
- (CARDS) one of the four suits in playing cards, represented by a red diamond shape
- A diamond is a hard, bright, precious stone which is clear and colourless. Diamonds are used in jewellery and for cutting very hard substances.
- A diamond is a shape with four straight sides of equal length where the opposite angles are the same, but none of the angles is equal to 90: .
- Diamonds is one of the four suits of cards in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more red symbols in the shape of a diamond. (4)
- A diamond is a playing card of this suit.
- In baseball, the diamond is the square formed by the four bases, or the whole of the playing area.
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专业释义
- 方块
- 金刚石
- 金刚石
- 钻石
- 褐色金刚石
- 黑金刚石
- 黄色金刚石
- 金伯利岩中的黄褐色金刚石
- 浅褐灰色金刚石
- 钻石八面体
- 钻石三角双晶
- 金刚石
- 金刚石
- 金刚石
- 金刚石
- 金刚石
- 菱形
- 菱形