gem

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine. countable,uncountable
    — And on her head she wore a tyre of gold, Adornd with gemmes and owches wondrous fayre, Whose passing price vneath was to be told;
  2. Any precious or highly valued thing or person. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — She's an absolute gem.
  3. Any precious or highly valued thing or person.; Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram. broadly,countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — a gem of wit
  4. Any precious or highly valued thing or person.; Internet content of good quality. Internet,broadly,countable,figuratively,uncountable
  5. A gemma or leaf bud. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — c. 1668, John Denham (translator), Of Old Age by Cato the Elder, Part 3, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: H. Herringman, 4th edition, 1773, p. 35, Then from the Joynts of thy prolifick Stemm A swelling Knot is raised (call’d a Gemm)
  6. A geometrid moth of the species Orthonama obstipata. countable,uncountable
  7. A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language. countable,uncountable
  8. A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot. obsolete,uncommon,uncountable
  9. A strong, dominating pitching performance. countable,uncountable
    — 2025, Associated Press, Crochet gets 1st career shutout and complete game as Red Sox beat Rays for 9th straight win by Associated Press, He didn’t walk a batter in his 100-pitch gem
动词 v.
  1. To adorn with, or as if with, gems. transitive
    — [T]he fair star / That gems the glittering coronet of morn, / Sheds not a light so mild, so powerful, / As that which, bursting from the Fairy's form, / Spread a purpureal halo round the scene, / Yet with an undulating motion, / Swayed to her outline gracefully.

词形变化

gems plural gems present,singular,third-person gemming participle,present gemmed participle,past gemmed past

词汇关系

近义词
jewel precious stone
衍生词
begem cardinal gem gem clip Gem County gemcutter gem-cutter gem cutter gem-diol gem-diolate gem-disubstituent effect gemerald gem-faced civet gemfish gem-hydrogenation gemless gemlike gemmer gemmery gemmy gemology gemsetter gemsetting gemsmith gemsona gem squash Gem State gemstone gem tree gemwork gemwright hidden gem iced gem mountaingem Zanzibar gem

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.
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