jewel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/|/ˈd͡ʒuːl/|/ˈd͡ʒʊəl/    美 /d͡ʒul/|/ˈd͡ʒuəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
  2. A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
    — Iachimo: 'Tis plate of rare device, and jewels / Of rich and exquisite form, their values great.
  3. Anything precious or valuable. figuratively
    — Galveston was the jewel of Texas prior to the hurricane.
  4. A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
  5. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Hypochrysops.
  6. The clitoris. slang
    — The area between her eyebrows wrinkled with the increasing circular motions her two fingers made on her jewel.
  7. A jewel box (optical disc container). informal
    — As a collector, I prefer jewels to digipaks.
动词 v.
  1. To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

词形变化

jewels plural jewels present,singular,third-person jeweling US,participle,present jewelling UK,participle,present jeweled US,participle,past jeweled US,past jewelled UK,participle,past jewelled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.
词源 2
From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.
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