英语词汇“jade”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	jade
释义	jade I. \ˈjād\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English 1. : a broken-down, vicious, or worthless horse : plug < struck his armed heels against the panting sides of his poor jade — Shakespeare > 2. a. : a low or shrewish woman : wench, termagant < the painted jade into which inevitably she degenerated — Maurice Valency > b. : a flirtatious girl : minx < a laughing jade of not ungentle mold — J.G.Saxe > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. a. : to make a jade of (a horse) : wear out by overwork or abuse < when a horse approaches the goal, he does not, unless he is jaded, slacken his pace — William Cowper > b. : to tire by severe or tedious tasks : fatigue, fag < constant repetition of often trivial material jades one's palate — Thomas Heinitz > 2. obsolete : to make ridiculous or expose to scorn < do not now fool myself, to let imagination jade me — Shakespeare > *intransitive verb* : to become weary : lose heart : flag < when I feel my Muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study — Robert Burns > Synonyms: see tire III. noun (-s) Etymology: French, from obsolete Spanish (piedra de la) ijada, literally, loin stone; Spanish ijada loin, from Latin ilia, plural of ilium, ileum groin, viscera; from the belief that jade cures renal colic — more at ileum 1. : a tough compact gemstone that is commonly green but sometimes whitish and takes a high polish: a. : jade derived from jadeite — called also imperial jade, true jade b. : jade derived from nephrite 2. : jade green
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