| 释义 |
diamond/ˈdaiəmənd/ n., adj. & v.●n. 1 a precious stone of pure carbon crystallized in octahedrons etc., the hardest naturally occurring substance (八面体等的)金刚石，钻石 2 a figure shaped like the cross-section of a diamond; a rhombus 菱形 3a a playing card of a suit denoted by a red rhombus (纸牌中的) (一张)红方块牌 b (in pl. 用复数) this suit 一组红方块牌 4 a glittering particle or point (of frost etc.) (霜等的)闪闪发亮的颗粒 5 a tool with a small diamond for glass-cutting (切玻璃用的)金刚石割刀 6 Baseball 【棒球】a the space delimited by the bases (棒球场的)内场 b the entire field 棒球场 ●adj. 1 made of or set with diamonds or a diamond 钻石(制)的；装有钻石的 2 rhombus-shaped 菱形的 ●v. tr. adorn with or as with diamonds (似)镶以钻石 □ diamond cut diamond Brit. wit or cunning meets its match [英]棋逢对手；势均力敌 □ diamondiferous /-ˈdif(ə)rəs/ adj.[Middle English via Old French diamant from medieval Latin diamas diamant-, variant of Latin adamas ADAMANT, from Greek] |