| 单词 | adamant |
| 释义 | adamant —adamancy /ad"euh meuhn see/, adamance, n. —adamantly, adv. /ad"euh meuhnt, -mant'/, adj. 1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc. 2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce. n. 3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance. 4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond. [bef. 900; ME < OF adamaunt < L adamant- (s. of adamas) hard metal (perh. steel), diamond < Gk, equiv. to a- A-6 + -damant- verbal adj. of damân to tame, conquer; r. OE athamans ( < ML) and ME aymont < MF aimant < VL *adimant- < L] Syn. 1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising. Ant. 1. flexible, easygoing, yielding. |
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