| 单词 | ruby stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruby stone ruby stone n. (a) = red stone n. 2; cf. sense A. 3a; (obsolete); (b) a stone or jewel consisting of ruby, or of a ruby colour. ΚΠ a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2562 (MED) Profite shall growe..In this oure white worke allone, As well as in the Rubie stone. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 50 In ringis ryally set with riche ruby stonis. 1751 Proc. King’s Comm. Peace 125/1 Indicted for stealing two guineas, one half guinea, and one ruby stone. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xxiii. 415 His shirt..was fastened with the largest ruby stone I had ever seen. 1990 J. Harjo In Mad Love & War 36 A secret woman who says she..can transform massacres into gold, her own heartache into a ruby stone. < as lemmas |
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