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单词 rubythroat
释义

ruby /rooˈbi/

noun
  1. A precious stone, a pure transparent red corundum
  2. Extended to other stones, such as varieties of spinel and garnet
  3. The colour of a ruby, a deep crimson
  4. (in pl) the lips (poetic)
  5. Blood (boxing sl)
  6. A deep-red wine or port
  7. Ruby glass (see below)
  8. A type smaller than nonpareil and larger than pearl (51/2 points; printing)
adjective

Red as a ruby

transitive verb (ruˈbying; ruˈbied)

To redden

ORIGIN: OFr rubi and rubin, from L rubeus, from ruber red

ruˈbied adjective

Red as a ruby

ruˈbin or ruˈbine /-bin/ noun (Spenser)

A ruby

rubinˈeous adjective

ruˈbious adjective

Ruby, red, ruddy

ruˈby-coloured adjective

ruby glass noun

Glass coloured a deep red by the addition of mineral oxides

ruby-redˈ adjective

Deep crimson

ruby silver noun

  1. Proustite
  2. Pyrargyrite

ruby spinel noun

A ruby-red spinel (also spinel-ruby)

ruˈby-tail noun

A gold-wasp, or cuckoo-fly

ruˈbythroat noun

A hummingbird with a ruby gorget

ruˈbythroated adjective

ruby wedding noun

A fortieth wedding anniversary

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