diamond
钻石,菱形,菱角,菱形的
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- : a pure or nearly pure, extremely hard form of carbon, naturally crystallized in the isometric system.
- : a piece of this stone.
- : a transparent, flawless or almost flawless piece of this stone, especially when cut and polished, valued as a precious gem.
- : a ring or other piece of jewelry containing such a precious stone, especially an engagement ring.
- : a piece of this stone used in a drill or cutting tool.
- : a tool provided with such an uncut stone, used for cutting glass.
- : crystallized carbon, or a piece of it, artificially produced.
- : an equilateral quadrilateral, especially as placed with its diagonals vertical and horizontal; a lozenge or rhombus.
- : any rhombus-shaped figure or object oriented with its diagonals vertical and horizontal.
- : a red rhombus-shaped figure on a playing card.
- : a card of the suit bearing such figures.
- : diamonds, the suit so marked: Diamonds is trump. Diamonds are trump.
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The shiny, diamond-shaped pastries, each four-inch slice set off with an almond, were reason enough to head to its source.
Zagreus is out collecting the necessary gemstones and diamonds for furnishings in the underworld, but the House Contractor assures us that all work will be safe and neither seen nor heard.
Electric ones often have diamond-tipped metal pieces, which won’t wear out.
In March, retired Pro Bowl running back Marshawn Lynch, for example, is launching Dodi Blunts — a “premium, crafted cannabis brand-platform” with 24-karat diamond-infused blunts.
Your grandma’s diamond ring hasn’t morphed into super-stable graphite.
Diamond Street, for instance, was one of the original players in the zoot suit riots in 1942.
Elderly women played Triple Double Diamond and Tiki Magic while they chain-smoked.
Casa Bruja is a diamond in the rough, a refuge among all this bedlam.
But they are striving “to shine bright like a diamond” and be happy, and we love them for it.
He took his diamond cutting practice to the United States in 1949 and settled in Houston with his wife, Ann.
He just got a good holt–a shore enough diamond hitch–on that thirst-parlour dawg, and chawed.
At last she had fallen asleep and dreamed ecstatic dreams about necklaces and thousand franc notes.