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单词 adamant
释义 adamant
 —adamancy /ad"euh meuhn see/, adamance,  n.   —adamantly,  adv.  
 /ad"euh meuhnt, -mant'/,  adj.  
  1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
  2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
  n.  
  3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
  4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
 [bef. 900; ME < OF adamaunt < L adamant- (s. of adamas) hard metal (perh. steel), diamond < Gk, equiv. to a- A-6 + -damant- verbal adj. of damân to tame, conquer; r. OE athamans ( < ML) and ME aymont < MF aimant < VL *adimant- < L]
 Syn. 1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.
 Ant. 1. flexible, easygoing, yielding.
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