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单词 diamondlike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
dia•mond /ˈdaɪmənd, ˈdaɪə-/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Mineralogy a stone of pure and extremely hard crystallized carbon that when cut and polished is transparent, bright, and valued as a precious gem:[countable]Coal and diamonds are both made of carbon.
  2. Jewelry a piece of jewelry containing diamonds:[plural]She wore her diamonds.
  3. Mathematics[countable] a four-sided figure with sides of equal length but with no right angles.
  4. Games
    • [countable] a red figure shaped that way on a playing card.
    • [countable] a card bearing such figures:I had five diamonds.
    • diamonds, [uncountable* plural;
      used with a singular or plural verb]
      the suit of playing cards marked this way:Diamonds is the suit that is bid.
  5. Sport[countable]
    • the infield or the entire playing field in baseball.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. made of or set with diamonds:a diamond ring.
  2. having the shape of a diamond.
  3. indicating the 60th or 75th event of a series, such as a wedding anniversary.
Idioms
  1. Idioms a diamond in the rough, [countable] a person or thing of great worth but unpolished or uncultivated.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dia•mond  (dīmənd, dīə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mineralogya pure or nearly pure, extremely hard form of carbon, naturally crystallized in the isometric system.
  2. a piece of this stone.
  3. Jewelrya transparent, flawless or almost flawless piece of this stone, esp. when cut and polished, valued as a precious gem.
  4. Jewelrya ring or other piece of jewelry containing such a precious stone, esp. an engagement ring.
  5. a piece of this stone used in a drill or cutting tool.
  6. a tool provided with such an uncut stone, used for cutting glass.
  7. Mineralogycrystallized carbon, or a piece of it, artificially produced.
  8. Mathematicsan equilateral quadrilateral, esp. as placed with its diagonals vertical and horizontal;
    a lozenge or rhombus.
  9. Mathematicsany rhombus-shaped figure or object oriented with its diagonals vertical and horizontal.
  10. Gamesa red rhombus-shaped figure on a playing card.
  11. Gamesa card of the suit bearing such figures.
  12. Games diamonds, (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the suit so marked:Diamonds is trump. Diamonds are trump.
  13. Sport[Baseball.]
    • the space enclosed by home plate and the three bases;
      infield.
    • the entire playing field.
  14. Printinga 4½-point type of a size between brilliant and pearl.
  15. Idioms diamond in the rough, a person of fine character but lacking refined manners or graces.

adj. 
  1. made of or set with a diamond or diamonds.
  2. having the shape of a diamond:a dress with a diamond print.
  3. indicating the 75th, or sometimes the 60th, event of a series, as a wedding anniversary. See table under wedding anniversary. 

v.t. 
  1. to adorn with or as if with diamonds.
  • Vulgar Latin *diamant-, stem of *diamas, perh. alteration of *adimas ( French aimant magnet, Old Provencal aziman diamond, magnet), for Latin adamas adamant, diamond
  • Old French
  • Middle English diamant 1275–1325
diamond•like′, adj. 

Dia•mond  (dīmənd, dīə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Neil, born 1941, U.S. singer and songwriter.
  2. Place Names Cape, a hill in Canada, in S Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River.

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