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单词 diadem
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Definition of diadem in English:

diadem

noun ˈdʌɪədɛmˈdaɪəˌdɛm
  • 1A jewelled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Excavations in the 1960s had recovered gold diadems and other jewelry, a silver vase, glass bowls, coins, and much pottery.
    • It will include Tutankhamun's royal diadem - the gold crown discovered on his head - and one of the canopic coffinettes that contained his mummified internal organs.
    • The exhibition also includes the Queen's diamond diadem, made for George IV's coronation in 1821 and known to millions as the ornament worn by the Queen on British coins and stamps.
    • The description of the composition can be related to only one surviving picture by Raphael - the Madonna of the diadem in the Louvre - but this painting is rectangular, and no circular versions of it are known.
    • As described by Alain, her diadem represents the heavens with all the constellations, while her clothing represents the earthly realm.
    • The diadem on her head was all that marked her as royalty.
    • And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
    • Rather than present a remote and solemn goddess, adorned with the jewels of her divine position, Chen portrayed an aging woman, wrapped in a simple robe and unadorned, except for a bracelet and a diadem.
    • The only hints of their original identity are provided by the diadem and wreath of Statue A and the Corinthian helmet (now lost) of Statue B.
    • A small proportion of the graves contained exceptionally rich grave goods, including gold sceptres, diadems, pendants, and earrings as well as copper artefacts, pottery, and flint tools.
    • Among the first people to embrace wreaths were ancient Persians, who wore diadems made of fabric and jewels - the wreath standing in for wealth and power.
    • The seven-year-old was playing Queen Victoria, spangled with plastic diadems, and though she had only one line, she belted it out in a particularly regal way.
    • In a beauty pageant in a women's penitentiary, a pretty 22-year-old (crime unspecified) won a silver diadem and the title of Miss Captivity.
    • Here are some of the jewels that have recently been added to the diadem.
    • Magnificent bracelets, pendants, necklaces, rings, armlets, earrings, diadems, head ornaments, pectoral ornaments and collars of gold were all produced in ancient Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs.
    • On May 15, 1838, at Buckingham Palace she wore the diadem made in 1820 for the coronation of George IV, making her the only American ever to have worn the British crown.
    • And then, preacher friend, ‘Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem, in the hand of thy God.’
    • She'd been dressed in a sleek blue dress, a diadem placed on her head.
    • From 330 his status was displayed in his court dress, which combined the traditional Macedonian hat and cloak with the Persian diadem, tunic, and girdle.
    • On a coin of Pompey the Great the bearded head of Numa appears in profile, wearing a diadem inscribed NVMA.
    Synonyms
    crown, coronet, tiara, circlet, chaplet, headpiece, headband, fillet, wreath, garland
    literary coronal
    in India, historical taj
    1. 1.1the diademarchaic The authority or dignity symbolized by a crown.
      he refused the diadem of all the Caesars
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Grant him the enduring crown with the radiant and noble diadem.

Derivatives

  • diademed

  • adjectiveˈdʌɪədɛmdˈdaɪəˌdɛmd
    • The asses and denarii minted by C. Marcius Censorinus show him in profile as a bearded and diademed man.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As planned, I set up a base camp in the north of the park and set out to study the two largest lemurs, Propithecus diadema diadema (commonly known as the diademed sifaka) and Indri indri (commonly known as the indri).
      • Juliet's death, at the school's Ivoloina Zoological Park in Madagascar, was a blow to scientists, who had hoped that the female would mate with Romeo, a male diademed sifaka, who has been at the center in North Carolina since 1993.
      • Until recently it was considered a subspecies of the diademed sifaka, but geneticists have now determined that it is a separate species.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French diademe, via Latin from Greek diadēma 'the regal headband of the Persian kings', from diadein 'bind round'.

 
 

Definition of diadem in US English:

diadem

nounˈdīəˌdemˈdaɪəˌdɛm
  • 1A jeweled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
    • Excavations in the 1960s had recovered gold diadems and other jewelry, a silver vase, glass bowls, coins, and much pottery.
    • The only hints of their original identity are provided by the diadem and wreath of Statue A and the Corinthian helmet (now lost) of Statue B.
    • In a beauty pageant in a women's penitentiary, a pretty 22-year-old (crime unspecified) won a silver diadem and the title of Miss Captivity.
    • Magnificent bracelets, pendants, necklaces, rings, armlets, earrings, diadems, head ornaments, pectoral ornaments and collars of gold were all produced in ancient Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs.
    • On a coin of Pompey the Great the bearded head of Numa appears in profile, wearing a diadem inscribed NVMA.
    • Rather than present a remote and solemn goddess, adorned with the jewels of her divine position, Chen portrayed an aging woman, wrapped in a simple robe and unadorned, except for a bracelet and a diadem.
    • And then, preacher friend, ‘Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem, in the hand of thy God.’
    • The description of the composition can be related to only one surviving picture by Raphael - the Madonna of the diadem in the Louvre - but this painting is rectangular, and no circular versions of it are known.
    • The exhibition also includes the Queen's diamond diadem, made for George IV's coronation in 1821 and known to millions as the ornament worn by the Queen on British coins and stamps.
    • As described by Alain, her diadem represents the heavens with all the constellations, while her clothing represents the earthly realm.
    • The diadem on her head was all that marked her as royalty.
    • Here are some of the jewels that have recently been added to the diadem.
    • Among the first people to embrace wreaths were ancient Persians, who wore diadems made of fabric and jewels - the wreath standing in for wealth and power.
    • From 330 his status was displayed in his court dress, which combined the traditional Macedonian hat and cloak with the Persian diadem, tunic, and girdle.
    • She'd been dressed in a sleek blue dress, a diadem placed on her head.
    • It will include Tutankhamun's royal diadem - the gold crown discovered on his head - and one of the canopic coffinettes that contained his mummified internal organs.
    • The seven-year-old was playing Queen Victoria, spangled with plastic diadems, and though she had only one line, she belted it out in a particularly regal way.
    • On May 15, 1838, at Buckingham Palace she wore the diadem made in 1820 for the coronation of George IV, making her the only American ever to have worn the British crown.
    • A small proportion of the graves contained exceptionally rich grave goods, including gold sceptres, diadems, pendants, and earrings as well as copper artefacts, pottery, and flint tools.
    Synonyms
    crown, coronet, tiara, circlet, chaplet, headpiece, headband, fillet, wreath, garland
    1. 1.1the diademarchaic The authority or dignity symbolized by a diadem.
      the princely diadem
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Grant him the enduring crown with the radiant and noble diadem.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French diademe, via Latin from Greek diadēma ‘the regal headband of the Persian kings’, from diadein ‘bind round’.

 
 
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