单词 | jade |
释义 | jade (once / 1313 pages) 1nadj 2vn Jade is a deep green gemstone that's used in jewelry and ornaments. Your most beloved possession might be an antique jade brooch that belonged to your great-grandmother. Jade is a mineral that's mined, cut, and polished to make gems, sculptures, and other art objects. You can also use the word jade to talk about the typical green color of the stone — you might describe the color of your new car, for example, as jade green. Yet another meaning of jade is "become bored or tired," along with the more common adjective, jaded, or "lacking enthusiasm." WORD FAMILYjade: jaded, jades, jading+/jaded: jadedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe other contestants will include fellow Olympians Louis Smith and Jade Jones, and model Caprice Bourret. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Venus Williams, a former champion in Auckland, is due to play New Zealand wildcard entry Jade Lewis on Tuesday. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But here’s the key question: for jaded Israelis almost defiantly committed to political stagnation, will it matter? The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite Syn|Hyper jadestone opaque gem a gemstone that is opaque 2n a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green Syn|Hyper jade green green, greenness, viridity green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass 3adj of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green 2Syn jade-green chromatic being or having or characterized by hue 1v exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fag, fag out, fatigue, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary freshen, refresh, refreshen make fresh again beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up wear out completely overfatigue, overtire, overwearytire excessively frazzleexhaust physically or emotionally playexhaust by allowing to pull on the line killtire out completely indispose cause to feel unwell 2v lose interest or become bored with something or somebody Syn|Hypo|Hyper fatigue, pall, tire, weary conk out, peter out, poop out, run down, run out use up all one's strength and energy and stop working retire, withdrawlose interest back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull outremove oneself from an obligation degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop grow worse 3n an old or over-worked horse Syn|Hyper hack, nag, plug Equus caballus, horse solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times 4n a woman adulterer Syn|Hyper adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, loose woman, strumpet, trollop adulterer, fornicator someone who commits adultery or fornication |
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