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单词 medallion
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Definition of medallion in English:

medallion

noun mɪˈdaljənməˈdæljən
  • 1A piece of jewellery in the shape of a medal, worn as a pendant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He dropped it on the bar, while Ethan passed over a worn brass medallion on a short length of broken chain.
    • Sarel pulled out a necklace with a green colored gem embedded in a medallion.
    • Some companies produce medallions or bracelets that change colour to warn of high-UV conditions.
    • Some are laden with gold medallions or sport diamond earrings.
    • Yet, inside was a golden medallion on a silver chain.
    • Absently, he felt the chain necklace and the medallion against his chest grow colder than ice.
    • Around his neck are several gold chains and an astrological medallion.
    • There was a medallion with the shape of dragon wings around her neck.
    • Just then the leather cord around her neck snapped, and the medallion fell onto the stone.
    • A silver medallion hangs on a chain around her neck.
    • He said nothing but obediently handed over the small bag and removed his medallion and rings.
    • It was like cutting a diamond into thinner pieces and attaching it to the sides of a gold medallion.
    • Temporarily, I had strung Janet's ring onto the chain I wore with my medallion of Mary.
    • He pulled the chain from her tunic, revealing the medallion hidden there.
    • She grabbed the medallion and gave a sharp wrench, breaking the chain.
    • At first, it looked like a thick metal bracelet with a heavy medallion set in the middle.
    • She yanked out a large medallion looped through a thin gold chain.
    • Men and women of the upper classes wore medallions engraved with skulls and ivory heads as jewelry.
    • All I ever saw in that jewelry box anyway were little medallions and such.
    • Vanderkin opened the chest and removed eight gold necklaces with medallions.
    Synonyms
    locket, drop, stone
    1. 1.1 An oval or circular painting, panel, or design used to decorate a building or textile.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ceiling medallions are one of the most popular architectural details.
      • The earliest quilts were designed to have a central medallion on a white ground.
      • Here, the blue ceiling is contrasted by cloud-white crown molding and a focal-point medallion.
      • When she tapped a small gold medallion on the wall, a panel dropped away.
      • This spatial richness was supported by the increasing complexity of the decorative scheme, with the frieze above the first floor decorated with medallions beneath an attic storey supported on caryatids.
      • The range of design and color combinations on the medallions was amazing.
      • Most obviously, its four ends now carry panels or medallions large enough to frame their own independent images.
      • Item in Tab 120 refers to bigger size moulding, and the plaster medallions (ceiling trim) for the dining room and the library.
      • Our interior decorative items include medallions, domes and niches in a variety of sizes and styles.
      • The 27 models on display in Washington, supplemented by paintings, drawings, sculpture and medallions, show the products of a rising social structure and new technique.
      • Fill in the designs with fabric paint, using medallions on the corners and aligning border stencils along the sides.
      • The window soffits and ceiling medallion were made from the plaster casts acquired by the Metropolitan Museum in the 1920s.
      • For oval and diamond shaped ceiling medallions, start by drawing centerlines parallel to the walls and 90 degrees apart on the ceiling.
      • The patterns are usually large geometric medallions and are heavily quilted with elaborate designs such as feathered scrolls and cables.
      • Its pillars bore decorative medallions of crowned heads, friezes of vines with grapes, and corbels of women in flowing garments playing musical instruments.
      • Decorated with psychedelic medallions and mandalas of red, yellow, and green, a high wall delimits the compound.
      • The basic design consists of four medallions grouped around a central motif.
      • It is cropped close to the low-pitched gable roof of a ranch house where a mysterious figure enclosed in the oval medallion floats by.
      Synonyms
      memorial tablet, plate, stone plate, metal plate, tablet, panel, sign, brass, plaquette, cartouche
    2. 1.2
      another term for médaillon
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I take my second gamble of the evening on the medallions of venison.
      • The beef medallions were beautifully tender, and the sauce sublimely creamy and tasty, with just enough mustard to give it an ‘edge’.
      • Dishes range from snacks to full meals such as fillet of beef medallions on rosti potato with rosemary sauce.
      • I had the Turkey Tenderloins, turkey medallions wrapped in bacon and grilled.
      • I had chosen a steak plus a pork medallion and the meat arrived exactly as ordered.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French médaillon, from Italian medaglione, augmentative of medaglia (see medal).

Rhymes

battalion, galleon, rapscallion, scallion
 
 

Definition of medallion in US English:

medallion

nounməˈdalyənməˈdæljən
  • 1A piece of jewelry in the shape of a medal, worn as a pendant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet, inside was a golden medallion on a silver chain.
    • Vanderkin opened the chest and removed eight gold necklaces with medallions.
    • He pulled the chain from her tunic, revealing the medallion hidden there.
    • He said nothing but obediently handed over the small bag and removed his medallion and rings.
    • Temporarily, I had strung Janet's ring onto the chain I wore with my medallion of Mary.
    • Some companies produce medallions or bracelets that change colour to warn of high-UV conditions.
    • Just then the leather cord around her neck snapped, and the medallion fell onto the stone.
    • She grabbed the medallion and gave a sharp wrench, breaking the chain.
    • There was a medallion with the shape of dragon wings around her neck.
    • She yanked out a large medallion looped through a thin gold chain.
    • A silver medallion hangs on a chain around her neck.
    • At first, it looked like a thick metal bracelet with a heavy medallion set in the middle.
    • Men and women of the upper classes wore medallions engraved with skulls and ivory heads as jewelry.
    • All I ever saw in that jewelry box anyway were little medallions and such.
    • Sarel pulled out a necklace with a green colored gem embedded in a medallion.
    • He dropped it on the bar, while Ethan passed over a worn brass medallion on a short length of broken chain.
    • It was like cutting a diamond into thinner pieces and attaching it to the sides of a gold medallion.
    • Some are laden with gold medallions or sport diamond earrings.
    • Absently, he felt the chain necklace and the medallion against his chest grow colder than ice.
    • Around his neck are several gold chains and an astrological medallion.
    Synonyms
    locket, drop, stone
    1. 1.1 An oval or circular painting, panel, or design used to decorate a building or textile.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The basic design consists of four medallions grouped around a central motif.
      • The earliest quilts were designed to have a central medallion on a white ground.
      • Fill in the designs with fabric paint, using medallions on the corners and aligning border stencils along the sides.
      • This spatial richness was supported by the increasing complexity of the decorative scheme, with the frieze above the first floor decorated with medallions beneath an attic storey supported on caryatids.
      • Decorated with psychedelic medallions and mandalas of red, yellow, and green, a high wall delimits the compound.
      • The patterns are usually large geometric medallions and are heavily quilted with elaborate designs such as feathered scrolls and cables.
      • When she tapped a small gold medallion on the wall, a panel dropped away.
      • The range of design and color combinations on the medallions was amazing.
      • It is cropped close to the low-pitched gable roof of a ranch house where a mysterious figure enclosed in the oval medallion floats by.
      • Here, the blue ceiling is contrasted by cloud-white crown molding and a focal-point medallion.
      • Our interior decorative items include medallions, domes and niches in a variety of sizes and styles.
      • Item in Tab 120 refers to bigger size moulding, and the plaster medallions (ceiling trim) for the dining room and the library.
      • Most obviously, its four ends now carry panels or medallions large enough to frame their own independent images.
      • The 27 models on display in Washington, supplemented by paintings, drawings, sculpture and medallions, show the products of a rising social structure and new technique.
      • The window soffits and ceiling medallion were made from the plaster casts acquired by the Metropolitan Museum in the 1920s.
      • Ceiling medallions are one of the most popular architectural details.
      • For oval and diamond shaped ceiling medallions, start by drawing centerlines parallel to the walls and 90 degrees apart on the ceiling.
      • Its pillars bore decorative medallions of crowned heads, friezes of vines with grapes, and corbels of women in flowing garments playing musical instruments.
      Synonyms
      memorial tablet, plate, stone plate, metal plate, tablet, panel, sign, brass, plaquette, cartouche
    2. 1.2
      another term for médaillon
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I take my second gamble of the evening on the medallions of venison.
      • I had the Turkey Tenderloins, turkey medallions wrapped in bacon and grilled.
      • I had chosen a steak plus a pork medallion and the meat arrived exactly as ordered.
      • Dishes range from snacks to full meals such as fillet of beef medallions on rosti potato with rosemary sauce.
      • The beef medallions were beautifully tender, and the sauce sublimely creamy and tasty, with just enough mustard to give it an ‘edge’.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from French médaillon, from Italian medaglione, augmentative of medaglia (see medal).

 
 
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