英语常用词辨析 词汇精选：gem的用法和辨析

词汇精选：gem的用法和辨析  

一、详细释义：,adj.,最佳品质的,n.,宝石，珍宝,例句：,The price of this gem is expensive.,这个宝石的价格十分昂贵。,例句：,The gem is off colour.,这块宝石色泽不佳。,受人重视者,例句：,She's a real gem!,她美如仙子！,例句：,Miss Famous, as she was called, was a gem.,“知名小姐”人如其名，是个尤物。,精华，佳作,例句：,That restaurant is a little gem.,那餐厅是个小乐园。,例句：,This picture is the gem of the collection.,这幅画是收藏的珍品。,v.,点缀；饰以宝石 [T],例句：,Stars gem the sky.,星星点缀着天空。,例句：,They could see the colour of the flowers that gemmed the water's edge.,他们能够辨别出镶嵌在河岸的鲜花颜色。,二、词义辨析：,jewel,jewellery,stone,gem,这些名词均有“宝石”之意。jewel多指贵重的宝石，是经过切削打磨，通常镶嵌在胸针、项链或其它装饰物上的玉。jewellery是珠宝的总称，泛指各类珠宝，既指佩带或衣服的珠宝饰物，又指用普通金属、塑料或假宝石制作的装饰物。stone特别强调稀少罕见或值钱的矿物。gem指经切割、磨光的宝石，引申指珍品、佳作。,三、参考例句：,Stars gem the sky.,星星点缀着天空。,Gem topaz is valuable.,黄水晶宝石价值不菲。,She's a real gem!,她美如仙子！,The gem is off colour.,这块宝石色泽不佳。,The price of this gem is expensive.,这个宝石的价格十分昂贵。,This picture is the gem of the collection.,这幅画是收藏的珍品。,Topaz is one of the hardest gem minerals.,黄水晶是非常坚硬的宝石矿中的一种。,The little gem is worth o thousand dollars.,这块小宝石价值两千美元。,We can tailor-make our gem polishers to suit your requirements.,我们可以特别设计宝石磨光机，以符合你们的要求。,The blue diamond in the movie Titanic was a gem discovered in Tanzania.,电影泰坦尼克号中的蓝钻石是在坦桑尼亚发现的一枚宝石。