Emerald
['em(ə)r(ə)ld] or ['ɛmərəld]
解释:
(noun.) the green color of an emerald.
(noun.) a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
(noun.) a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone.
格拉迪斯校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.
(n.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. It is used by English printers.
(a.) Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
编辑:奥马尔
解释:
n. a very highly esteemed mineral of the same species with the beryl from which it differs in scarcely anything but its colour a beautiful velvety green.—n. Em′erald-copp′er (see Dioptase).—Emerald Isle a name for Ireland owing to its greenness; Emerald type (print.) a small size of type.
安迪编辑
娱乐性解释：
To dream of an emerald, you will inherit property concerning which there will be some trouble with others. For a lover to see an emerald or emeralds on the person of his affianced, warns him that he is about to be discarded for some wealthier suitor. To dream that you buy an emerald, signifies unfortunate dealings.
手打:特伦斯
例句:
- I think that emerald is more beautiful than any of them. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Here and there polished surfaces of ruby, emerald, and diamond patched the golden walls and ceiling. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- An emerald looks green because it freely transmits green, but absorbs the other colors of which ordinary daylight is composed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- I understand that the emerald necklace she wore at the Opera last Friday had been sent on approval from Ball and Black's in the afternoon. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- This ring-- He slipped an emerald snake ring from his finger and held it out upon the palm of his hand. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The foreground, to the footlights, was covered with emerald green cloth. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- To-day all this young verdure smiled clear in sunlight; transparent emerald and amber gleams played over it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- She wore a dress of dark-blue silky stuff, with ruches of blue and green linen lace in the neck and sleeves; and she had emerald-green stockings. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Hanging lights made emerald caverns in the depths of foliage, and whitened the spray of a fountain falling among lilies. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Jewels--historic pearls: the Sobieski emeralds--sables,--but she cares nothing for all these! 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- And before a statue of one of those dead Medicis reposes a crown that blazes with diamonds and emeralds enough to buy a ship-of-the-line, almost. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
校对:米里亚姆