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单词 diamond wedding
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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

wed /wed/ (Scot wad /wöd/)

transitive verb (weddˈing; weddˈed or (dialect) wed; weddˈed or (dialect and poetic) wed)
  1. To marry
  2. To join in marriage
  3. To unite closely
  4. To wager (obsolete)
intransitive verb

To marry

noun (obsolete; Scot wad)

A pledge, security

ORIGIN: OE weddian to promise, to marry (Ger wetten to wager), from wedd a pledge; Gothic wadi, Ger Wette a bet

weddˈed adjective

  1. Married
  2. Of or relating to marriage
  3. Closely joined
  4. Persistently devoted

weddˈing noun

  1. Marriage
  2. Marriage ceremony

wedding anniversary noun

The anniversary of one's wedding day

wedding band noun (chiefly N American)

A wedding ring

wedding bed noun

The bridal bed

wedding breakfast noun

A meal served after a wedding

wedding cake noun

A highly decorated cake served at a wedding, and also divided among absent friends

wedding cards plural noun

Cards announcing a wedding, sent to friends

wedding day noun

  1. The day of marriage
  2. Its anniversary

wedding dower noun

A dowry

wedding dress noun

A bride's dress

wedding favour noun

  1. A white rosette formerly worn by men at a wedding
  2. A small gift given to guests at a wedding

wedding finger noun

The ring finger

wedding garment noun

A garment worn at a wedding

wedding march noun

Music in march time played as the bride's party enters the church and at the close of a marriage ceremony

wedding ring noun

  1. A usu plain, gold ring given by the groom to the bride at a wedding
  2. A ring of the same or similar type given reciprocally by the bride to the groom

wedding tackle see tackle

penny-wedding see under penny

silver, ruby, golden or diamond wedding or wedding anniversary

The celebrations of the 25th, 40th, 50th and 60th anniversaries of a wedding respectively
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