jewelry

• n. 珠宝；珠宝类

中文词源

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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