diamond

英 ['daɪəmənd] 美 ['daɪəmənd]

• n. 钻石；菱形；棒球内场；纸牌的方块
• vt. 用钻石装饰

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][C]金刚石,钻石

   transparent precious stone of pure carbon in crystallized form, the hardest substance known

2. [C]菱形

   figure with four equal sides and with angles that are not right angles

3. [C]方块牌

   suit of playing-cards marked with red diamond shapes

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 钻石，金刚石
2. 【数】菱形
3. （纸牌中的）方块牌，方片
4. 金刚钻，钻刀
5. 【棒】内野，（棒球）内场
6. 【棒】球场
7. 菱饰
8. 【印】钻石体活字
9. 戴蒙德（音译名）

adj. 形容词

1. 菱形的
2. 金刚钻的
3. 镶钻石的
4. 钻石的，钻石制成的
5. 60或75周年纪念的

v. 动词

1. 饰钻石于，用钻石把...装饰起来，镶钻石于

英英释义

Noun:

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 parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

4. a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it;

   "he led a small diamond"
   "diamonds were trumps"
   

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

6. the baseball playing field

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She wore a diamond clip on her new dress.
   她在新衣服上戴了一枚钻石别针。
2. The diamond ring on her finger glittered in the light.
   她手指上的钻石戒指在灯光下闪闪发光。
3. Her bedroom curtains have a diamond pattern.
   她卧室的窗帘有菱形的图案。
4. Mr Smith laid off a baseball diamond on the vacant lot.
   史密斯先生在空地上划出棒球内场的界线。
5. You must play a diamond if you have one.
   如果你有方块就必须出。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The diamond sparkles with brilliant light.
   钻石闪烁出灿烂的光芒。
2. It's a synthetic diamond.
   这是人造钻石。
3. The ring has a diamond in it.
   这枚戒指上镶着一颗钻石。
4. He gave her a diamond ring on the day when they were engaged.
   他们订婚那天他送她一枚钻石戒指。
5. These diamonds are fake.
   这些钻石是假的。
6. Shall I wear my diamonds tonight?
   我今晚要戴钻石首饰吗?
7. Things such as diamonds are expensive to buy.
   钻石这类的东西是很贵的。
8. The value of diamonds has gone up in recent years.
   近年来钻石的价格上涨了。
9. They are in a great need of industrial diamonds.
   他们需要大量的工业用金刚石。
10. This is a diamond.
    这是菱形。
11. It was made of three diamonds.
    它由3个菱形组成。
12. Diamonds are trumps.
    方块为王牌。
13. I've got only four diamonds in my hand.
    我手里仅有4张方块牌。

经典引文

• He was betraying a diamond like John Tully to the filth.

  出自： G. F. Newman

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a diamond in the rough

外粗内秀的人 a man looks rude but his〔her〕 heart is good

diamond cut diamond

棋逢对手 a game that none of the number can win

diamond of the first water

第一流的好人 the best man

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• 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
• wear diamond 戴钻石

形容词+～

• big diamond 大钻石
• black diamond 黑金刚石
• flawless diamond 完美无瑕的钻石
• industrial diamond 工业用钻石
• rough diamond 未经雕琢的钻石

名词+～

• imitation diamond 人造钻石

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. 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”。
2. 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。

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• rhombus 菱形
• lozenge 菱形
• parallelogram 平行四边形
• equilateral 等边的
• baseball field 棒球场
• adamant 坚定不移的
• baseball diamond 棒球场
• infield 农宅周围的田园...
• rhomb 偏菱形(斜方形...