gem
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noun
a
precious
or
semiprecious
stone
, especially when
cut
and
polish
ed or
engrave
d.
(カット・研磨などした)宝石, 貴石 (!
jewel
とほぼ同義だが, ヒスイのような準貴石まで含む)
a person or thing considered to be
outstandingly
good
or
special
in some respect:
⦅くだけて⦆ とてもすばらしい[貴重な]物[人], 宝, 逸品
e.g.
this architectural gem of a palace.
used in names of some
brilliantly
colored
hummingbird
s, e.g.,
mountain gem
.
verb
(
gems
,
gemming
,
gemmed
)
with object
(usually as adjective
gemmed
)
literary
decorate
with or as with
gems
.
…を宝石(のようなもの)で飾る
DERIVATIVES
gemlike
|-ˌlīk| adjective
ORIGIN
Old English
gim
, from
Latin
gemma
‘
bud
,
jewel
’; influenced in
Middle English
by
Old French
gemme
.