| 单词 | ruby |
| 释义 | ruby (once / 675 pages) nadj A ruby is a gemstone that's usually a deep red. You can also describe things that are this same red color as ruby, like Dorothy's ruby slippers. Rubies are one of four types of precious stones — the others are diamonds, emeralds, and sapphires. A ruby can be any reddish shade from pink to dark red, and it's the official birthstone for people born in July. Less expensive rubies are often treated with high heat, which improves the color and clarity of the stone. Ruby comes from the Medieval Latin rubinus lapis, "red stone." WORD FAMILYruby: rubies, rubify+/rubify: rubifying USAGE EXAMPLESAnd to her secret distress, Ruby is in the 25th percentile for height and the 80th for weight. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, where a hospital spokesman says Wednesday that he’s in critical condition. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Deep ruby red, nicely balanced between sweet and sour, this is a perfect drink for Christmas morning. The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) 1n a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem Hyper gem, jewel, precious stone a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry 2n a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers Hyper corundom, corundum very hard mineral used as an abrasive transparent gema gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion 3n a deep and vivid red color Syn|Hyper crimson, deep red red, redness red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood 4adj of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Syn blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet chromatic being or having or characterized by hue |
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