英语词汇“hard as adamant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. literal and figurative. As the proverbial type of something incomparably hard. Chiefly in (as) hard as adamant.

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c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 85 (MED) A fethere shulde so soone entre in to an anevelte..He [sc. the fool] is as hard as adamaunt other dyamaunt.

1595 R. Parry Moderatus vii. sig. L^v He that gazeth on beautie, vnlesse his heart be as hard as Adamant, will presently be inueagled therewith.

1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 471 Expressions..so penetrating as might dissolve an heart as hard as Adamant into waters, and eyes as dry as Pumex into floods of tears.

1692 T. Taylor tr. G. Daniel Voy. World Cartesius iv. 245 They are still hard and impenetrable as Adamant.

1715 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days III. 84 The Skin of their Enemy was as impenetrable as Adamant.

1786 J. Dore Lett. on Faith v. 101 Are our hearts hard like adamant, and shall not such tender compassion soften them?

1852 W. E. Gladstone in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 370 Here we impinge upon a dilemma hard as adamant.

1888 Science 27 Jan. 50/2 This particular ‘spud’ remained as hard as adamant.

1900 G. Sheldon Love's Conquest xviii. 191 Her heart as hard as adamant against the man who had made use of such dishonorable measures to separate her from Rob.

1999 J. V. Marshall White-out (2000) 126 His footsteps ringing out loud and clear but making no mark on ice as hard as adamant.

单词	hard as adamant
释义	> as lemmas (as) hard as adamant c. literal and figurative. As the proverbial type of something incomparably hard. Chiefly in (as) hard as adamant. ΚΠ c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 85 (MED) A fethere shulde so soone entre in to an anevelte..He [sc. the fool] is as hard as adamaunt other dyamaunt. 1595 R. Parry Moderatus vii. sig. L^v He that gazeth on beautie, vnlesse his heart be as hard as Adamant, will presently be inueagled therewith. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 471 Expressions..so penetrating as might dissolve an heart as hard as Adamant into waters, and eyes as dry as Pumex into floods of tears. 1692 T. Taylor tr. G. Daniel Voy. World Cartesius iv. 245 They are still hard and impenetrable as Adamant. 1715 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days III. 84 The Skin of their Enemy was as impenetrable as Adamant. 1786 J. Dore Lett. on Faith v. 101 Are our hearts hard like adamant, and shall not such tender compassion soften them? 1852 W. E. Gladstone in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 370 Here we impinge upon a dilemma hard as adamant. 1888 Science 27 Jan. 50/2 This particular ‘spud’ remained as hard as adamant. 1900 G. Sheldon Love's Conquest xviii. 191 Her heart as hard as adamant against the man who had made use of such dishonorable measures to separate her from Rob. 1999 J. V. Marshall White-out (2000) 126 His footsteps ringing out loud and clear but making no mark on ice as hard as adamant. extracted from adamantn.adj. < as lemmas
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