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Gem Stone N Count 可数名词 英 Dʒem] 美 Dʒem N.宝石;珍品;受到宠爱或评价很高的人;松糕

英语单词 gem
英美音标 英 [dʒem] 美 [dʒem]
中文释义 n.宝石;珍品;受到宠爱或评价很高的人;松糕
vt.用宝石装饰
英语例句 (1) He beguiled me into parting with the gem.
(2) Saphhire is a very hard blue gem.
(3) This picture is the gem of the collection.
(4) My secretary is an absolute gem.
中文例句 (1) 他诱骗我把那枚宝石割爱。
(2) 一种蓝色的非常坚硬的宝石。
(3) 这幅画是收藏的珍品.
(4) 我的秘书真是个难能可贵的人。
vocabulary简明 A gem is a precious or semi-precious stone, or a jewel. A silversmith might experiment with adding gems to her rings and necklaces.
vocabulary扩展 The sparkly gem in your grandmother's fancy ring might be a diamond, while your aunt appears to prefer the polished greenish-blue gems called turquoise. If you're trained to identify and put a value on gems, you can call yourself a gemologist. Gem is from the Old French gemme, which has a Latin root, gemma, "precious stone or jewel."
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]宝石 A gem is a jewel or stone that is used in jewellery.
  • ...a gold mask inset with emeralds and other gems.

    一张镶有翡翠和其他宝石的金面具

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]难能可贵的人(或物);令人非常惬意的人(或事物);精品 If you describe something or someone as a gem, you mean that they are especially pleasing, good, or helpful.
  [oft N of n]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • ...a gem of a hotel, Castel Clara...

    卡斯特尔·克拉拉酒店,酒店中的明珠

  • Miss Famous, as she was called, was a gem.

    “知名小姐”人如其名,是个尤物。

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