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单词 adamant
释义 ad·a·mant
I. \ˈadəmənt also -ˌmant or -ˌmaa(ə)nt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, a fabulous mineral, diamond, lodestone, from Old French, from Latin adamant-, adamas hardest iron or steel, diamond, from Greek
1. : an imaginary stone of impenetrable hardness — formerly used of the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness
2. : an unbreakable or extremely hard substance
 < she became as rigid as adamant — J.C.Powys >
 < the sharp adamant of fate — Thomas Carlyle >
II. adjective
: unshakable or immovable especially in opposition : adamantine
 < adamant against any … game on Sunday — Archibald Marshall >
: inflexible or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion
 < was adamant that he was fit to go — Nevil Shute >
ad·a·mant·ly adverb
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