以下是关于"gem"与"jewel"的用法辨析及翻译建议:
1. 核心语义差异
- gem:强调宝石的天然属性(未加工/已切割),矿物学特征突出
例:The museum displayed uncut gems from Colombia.
(博物馆展出来自哥伦比亚的未切割宝石)
- jewel:侧重加工后的珠宝成品,常含贵金属镶嵌
例:She inherited a 19th-century jewel set with sapphires.
(她继承了一件镶有蓝宝石的19世纪珠宝)
2. 引申用法对比
- gem:
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A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
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.
A gemma or leaf-bud.
A type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.
A libraries for the Ruby programming language.
A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
Anything considered precious or valuable.
A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
Any of various Hypochrysops.
The clitoris.
To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying.
To put forth in the form of buds.
To adorn with gems or precious stones.
To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
A precious stone; a gem.
An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.
A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels; to bejewel.
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
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.
A gemma or leaf-bud.
A type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.
A libraries for the Ruby programming language.
A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones; a piece of jewellery.
Anything considered precious or valuable.
A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
Any of various Hypochrysops.
The clitoris.
To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.
A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying.
To put forth in the form of buds.
To adorn with gems or precious stones.
To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops.
An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design.
A precious stone; a gem.
An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing.
A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby.
To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels; to bejewel.