jewelry
英 ['d?u??lr?]
美['d???lri]
- n. 珠宝；珠宝类
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中文词源
jewelry 珠宝
来自jewel,珠宝，-ry,集合名词后缀。
英文词源
- jewelry (n.)
- late 14c., juelrye "precious ornaments, jewel work," from Old French juelerye, from jouel (see jewel). In modern use it can be analyzed as jewel + -ery or jeweler + -y (1). Also jewellery.
The longer is the commercial & popular form, the shorter the rhetorical & poetic. [Fowler]
双语例句
- 1. I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing.
- 我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。
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- 2. Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.
- 珠宝和花边多数是女性用品.
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- 3. In her early fifties, she wears tons of jewelry.
- 她50出头, 全身是珠光宝气.
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- 4. My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.
- 我祖母有一些象牙首饰.
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- 5. The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.
- 夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝.
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