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单词 sapphire
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sapphire

(sæfaɪəʳ)
Word forms: plural sapphires
1. variable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A sapphire is a precious stone which is blue in colour.
...a sapphire engagement ring.
2. colour
Something that is sapphire is bright blue in colour.
[literary]
...white snow and sapphire skies.

sapphire in British English

(ˈsæfaɪə)
noun
1. 
a. 
any precious corundum gemstone that is not red, esp the highly valued transparent blue variety. A synthetic form is used in electronics and precision apparatus. Formula: Al2O3
b. 
(as modifier)
a sapphire ring
2. 
a. 
the blue colour of sapphire
b. 
(as adjective)
sapphire eyes
Word origin
C13 safir, from Old French, from Latin sapphīrus, from Greek sappheiros, perhaps from Hebrew sappīr, ultimately perhaps from Sanskrit śanipriya, literally: beloved of the planet Saturn, from śani Saturn + priya beloved

sapphire in American English

(ˈsæfaɪr)
noun
1. 
a clear, deep-blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone
2. 
its color
3. 
a. 
a translucent or transparent variety of corundum, varying in color
b. 
a gem made of this
white, yellow, and purple sapphires
adjective
4. 
deep-blue
Word origin
ME < OFr saphir < L sapphirus < Gr sappheiros < Heb sapir < Sans śanipriya, lit., dear to Saturn < Śaniḥ, Saturn (the planet) + priya, beloved < IE *prī-, var. of base *prēi-, to love > friend

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Examples of 'sapphire' in a sentence
sapphire

His sapphire blue eyes fixed on people with crazy, unfocused intensity.
John Cornwell Seminary Boy (2006)
She also wore the striking sapphire engagement ring once owned by Diana.
The Sun (2013)
You'll be in that blue engagement dress, with the sapphire ring.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Sales of sapphire rings, real and fake, also soared.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Her sapphire ring had been in such a box, her twenty-first birthday ring.
Paige, Frances The Glasgow Girls (1994)
The silhouette is engraved by a laser, which removes a small layer of sapphire glass, and then the enamel is applied.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He found the ring, with a dark blue sapphire, buried four inches down on a dig with his metal detecting club.
The Sun (2015)

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sapphire

blue, gem

In other languages
sapphire

British English: sapphire /ˈsæfaɪə/ NOUN
A sapphire is a precious stone which is blue in colour.
...the sapphire in the engagement ring.
  • American English: sapphire
  • Arabic: ياقُوتٌ أَزْرَق
  • Brazilian Portuguese: safira
  • Chinese: 蓝宝石
  • Croatian: safir
  • Czech: safír
  • Danish: safir
  • Dutch: saffier
  • European Spanish: zafiro
  • Finnish: safiiri
  • French: saphir
  • German: Saphir
  • Greek: ζαφείρι
  • Italian: zaffiro
  • Japanese: サファイア
  • Korean: 사파이어
  • Norwegian: safir
  • Polish: szafir
  • European Portuguese: safira
  • Romanian: safir
  • Russian: сапфир
  • Latin American Spanish: zafiro
  • Swedish: safir
  • Thai: ไพลินสีน้ำเงินหรือสีฟ้าเข้ม
  • Turkish: safir
  • Ukrainian: сапфір
  • Vietnamese: ngọc bích

Chinese translation of 'sapphire'

sapphire

(ˈsæfaɪəʳ)

n (c/u)

  1. 蓝(藍)宝(寶)石 (lánbǎoshí) (颗, kē)
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