ruby

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone. countable,uncountable
    — They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Ruby (“curry”). alt-of,slang
  3. A deep red colour. countable,uncountable
    — When now I thinke you can behold such sights, / And keepe the naturall Rubie of your Cheekes, / When mine is blanch'd with feare.
  4. The tincture red or gules. countable,uncountable
    — Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz.
  5. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda. countable,uncountable
  6. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra. countable,uncountable
  7. The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point. UK,dated,uncountable
  8. A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters. countable,uncountable
  9. A red spinel. countable,obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To make red; to redden. poetic,transitive
    — With sanguine drops the walls are rubied
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a deep, red color; ruby-red.

词形变化

rubies plural more ruby comparative most ruby superlative rubies present,singular,third-person rubying participle,present rubied participle,past rubied past rubies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antique ruby balas-ruby Colorado ruby Mont Blanc ruby nonruby ovorubin rock ruby rose-a-ruby rubasse rubelet rubious ruby anniversary ruby blende ruby chocolate Ruby Creek ruby jubilee rubylike ruby port ruby red ruby-red ruby shark ruby silver ruby slippers ruby spinel rubytail rubythroat ruby-throated hummingbird ruby tiger rubyware ruby wedding rubywood star ruby
相关词
corundum rouge rubicund rubric rufous russet

词源

From Middle English ruby, rube, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus. Doublet of rubi and rubine.
Sense 7 (“pronunciation guide”) is from the British 5½-point type size (sense 6), used for annotations in printed documents.
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