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单词 diamond jubilee
释义

diamond /dīˈə-mənd/

noun
  1. A highly prized gemstone, and the hardest of all minerals, consisting of carbon crystallized in the cubic system
  2. A rhombus
  3. A card of a suit distinguished by pips of that form
  4. A baseball field, or the part between bases
  5. One of the smallest kinds of English printing type (about 41/2-point)
adjective
  1. Resembling, made of or marked with diamonds
  2. Lozenge-shaped, rhombic
ORIGIN: ME diamaunt, from OFr diamant, from LL diamas, -antis, from Gr adamas, -antos; see adamant

d īˈamonded adjective

Furnished with diamonds

d īamondifˈerous adjective

Yielding diamonds

diamond anniversary noun

A sixtieth anniversary

diˈamondback noun

  1. A N American terrapin with diamond-shaped markings on its shell
  2. A N American rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) with diamond-shaped markings

diamondback moth noun

A small moth with diamond-shaped markings on its (folded) wings

diˈamond-beetle noun

A beautiful sparkling S American weevil

diamond bird noun

  1. Any of several small insectivorous Australian songbirds
  2. A pardalote

diˈamond-cut adjective

Cut in facets like a diamond

diamond dove noun

A small Australian dove (Geopelia cuneata) with white markings on the wings, often kept in cage or aviary

diˈamond-drill noun

A borer whose bit is set with bort

diˈamond-dust or diˈamond-powder noun

The powder made by the friction of diamonds on one another in the course of polishing

diˈamond-field noun

A region that yields diamonds

diˈamond-hitch noun

A mode of fastening a rope for heavy burdens

diamond jubilee noun

A sixtieth anniversary (of marriage, diamond wedding)

diamond python or diamond snake noun

A python with diamond-shaped markings

diˈamond-wheel noun

A wheel covered with diamond-dust and oil for polishing diamonds, etc

black diamonds (figurative)

Coal

diamond cut diamond

An encounter between two very sharp people

rough diamond

  1. An uncut diamond
  2. (also (N American) diamond in the rough) a person possibly of great worth, but of rough appearance and unpolished manners

jubilee /jooˈbi-lē/

noun
  1. A time, season or circumstance of great joy and festivity
  2. Jubilation
  3. The celebration of a 50th or 25th anniversary, eg of a king's accession
  4. A year (every 25th year, ordinary jubilee) of indulgence for pilgrims and others, an extraordinary jubilee being specially appointed by the Pope (RC)
  5. Every 50th year, a year of release of slaves, cancelling of debts, and return of property to its former owners (Jewish hist)
ORIGIN: Fr jubilé, from L jūbilaeus, from Heb yōbēl a ram's horn which was used to proclaim the jubilee year

jubilee clip noun

A metal loop with a screw fitting, placed round a tube, hose, etc, and tightened to form a watertight connection

silver, golden and diamond jubilee

Respectively a 25th, 50th and 60th anniversary
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