diamond 音标拼音: [d'ɑɪmənd]
a . 菱形的;
n . 金刚石,钻石
菱形的;金刚石,钻石
diamond n 1 :
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem 2 :
very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [
synonym :
{
diamond }, {
adamant }]
3 :
a parallelogram with four equal sides ;
an oblique -
angled equilateral parallelogram [
synonym : {
rhombus }, {
rhomb },
{
diamond }]
4 :
a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it ; "
he led a small diamond "; "
diamonds were trumps "
5 :
the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate [
synonym : {
baseball diamond }, {
diamond }, {
infield }]
[
ant : {
outfield }]
6 :
the baseball playing field [
synonym : {
ball field }, {
baseball field }, {
diamond }]
Diamond \
Di "
a *
mond \ (?;
277 ),
n . [
OE .
diamaund ,
diamaunt ,
F .
diamant ,
corrupted ,
fr .
L .
adamas ,
the hardest iron ,
steel ,
diamond ,
Gr . ?.
Perh .
the corruption is due to the influence of Gr . ?
transparent .
See {
Adamant }, {
Tame }.]
1 .
A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors ,
and remarkable for extreme hardness .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals ,
often octahedrons with rounded edges .
It is usually colorless ,
but some are yellow ,
green ,
blue ,
and even black .
It is the hardest substance known .
The diamond as found in nature (
called a rough diamond )
is cut ,
for use in jewelry ,
into various forms with many reflecting faces ,
or facets ,
by which its brilliancy is much increased .
See {
Brilliant }, {
Rose }.
Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent ,
and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A geometrical figure ,
consisting of four equal straight lines ,
and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse ;
a rhombus ;
a lozenge .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
One of a suit of playing cards ,
stamped with the figure of a diamond .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Arch .)
A pointed projection ,
like a four -
sided pyramid ,
used for ornament in lines or groups .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Baseball )
The infield ;
the square space ,
90 feet on a side ,
having the bases at its angles .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Print .)
The smallest kind of type in English printing ,
except that called brilliant ,
which is seldom seen .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Black diamond },
coal ; (
Min .)
See {
Carbonado }.
{
Bristol diamond }.
See {
Bristol stone },
under {
Bristol }.
{
Diamond beetle } (
Zool .),
a large South American weevil ({
Entimus imperialis }),
remarkable for its splendid luster and colors ,
due to minute brilliant scales .
{
Diamond bird } (
Zool .),
a small Australian bird ({
Pardalotus punctatus },
family {
Ampelid [
ae ]}.).
It is black ,
with white spots .
{
Diamond drill } (
Engin .),
a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds ; --
used for perforating hard substances ,
esp .
for boring in rock .
{
Diamond finch } (
Zool .),
a small Australian sparrow ,
often kept in a cage .
Its sides are black ,
with conspicuous white spots ,
and the rump is bright carmine .
{
Diamond groove } (
Iron Working ),
a groove of V -
section in a roll .
{
Diamond mortar } (
Chem .),
a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances .
{
Diamond -
point tool },
a cutting tool whose point is diamond -
shaped .
{
Diamond snake } (
Zool .),
a harmless snake of Australia ({
Morelia spilotes });
the carpet snake .
{
Glazier '
s diamond },
a small diamond set in a glazier '
s tool ,
for cutting glass .
[
1913 Webster ]
Diamond \
Di "
a *
mond \ (?;
277 ),
a .
Resembling a diamond ;
made of ,
or abounding in ,
diamonds ;
as ,
a diamond chain ;
a diamond field .
[
1913 Webster ]
Diamond anniversary 171 Moby Thesaurus words for "
diamond ":
acceptable person ,
ace ,
adamant ,
agate ,
alexandrite ,
amethyst ,
aquamarine ,
archery ground ,
athletic field ,
badminton court ,
baseball field ,
basketball court ,
beryl ,
best bower ,
billiard parlor ,
bloodstone ,
boast ,
bone ,
bower ,
bowling alley ,
bowling green ,
brick ,
brilliant ,
capital fellow ,
carbuncle ,
cards ,
carnelian ,
catch ,
cement ,
chalcedony ,
chrysoberyl ,
chrysolite ,
citrine ,
clubs ,
concrete ,
coral ,
course ,
court ,
cricket ground ,
croquet ground ,
croquet lawn ,
deck ,
demantoid ,
deuce ,
diamonds ,
dummy ,
emerald ,
face cards ,
fairway ,
field ,
find ,
flint ,
flush ,
football field ,
full house ,
garnet ,
gem ,
gentleman ,
girasol ,
glaciarium ,
godsend ,
golf course ,
golf links ,
good fellow ,
good lot ,
good man ,
good person ,
good sort ,
good thing ,
good woman ,
granite ,
gridiron ,
gym ,
gymnasium ,
hand ,
harlequin opal ,
heart of oak ,
hearts ,
heliotrope ,
honest man ,
hyacinth ,
ice rink ,
infield ,
iron ,
jack ,
jade ,
jadestone ,
jargoon ,
jasper ,
jewel ,
joker ,
king ,
knave ,
lady ,
lapis lazuli ,
left bower ,
links ,
marble ,
mensch ,
moonstone ,
morganite ,
nails ,
oak ,
onyx ,
opal ,
outfield ,
oval ,
pack ,
pair ,
pearl ,
perfect gentleman ,
perfect lady ,
peridot ,
persona grata ,
picture cards ,
plasma ,
playground ,
playing cards ,
playing field ,
playroom ,
plum ,
polo ground ,
pool hall ,
poolroom ,
pride ,
pride and joy ,
prince ,
prize ,
putting green ,
queen ,
racecourse ,
racket court ,
real man ,
right sort ,
rink ,
rock ,
rose quartz ,
rough diamond ,
round ,
royal flush ,
rubber ,
ruby ,
ruff ,
sapphire ,
sard ,
sardonyx ,
singleton ,
skating rink ,
soccer field ,
spades ,
spinel ,
spinel ruby ,
squash court ,
steel ,
stone ,
straight ,
stretch ,
tennis court ,
topaz ,
track ,
treasure ,
trey ,
trick ,
trophy ,
trouvaille ,
trump ,
turf ,
turquoise ,
windfall ,
winner ,
worthy One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms ,
used in "
Nonpareil ,
a Machine Level Machine Independent
Language for the Study of Semantics ",
B .
Higman ,
ULICS Intl
Report No ICSI 170 ,
U London (
1968 ). (
cf .
Brilliant ,
Nonpareil ,
Pearl [
3 ],
Ruby [
2 ]).
Development and Integration of Accurate Mathematical Operations in Numerical Data -
processing (
ESPRIT )
Diamond (
1 .)
A precious gem (
Heb .
yahalom ',
in allusion to its hardness ),
otherwise unknown ,
the sixth ,
i .
e .,
the third in the second row ,
in the breastplate of the high priest ,
with the name of Naphtali engraven on it (
Ex .
28 :
18 ;
39 :
11 ;
R .
V .
marg .,
"
sardonyx .")
(
2 .)
A precious stone (
Heb .
shamir ',
a sharp point )
mentioned in Jer .
17 :
1 .
From its hardness it was used for cutting and perforating other minerals .
It is rendered "
adamant " (
q .
v .)
in Ezek .
3 :
9 ,
Zech .
7 :
12 .
It is the hardest and most valuable of precious stones .
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