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emerald

adjective
🔊/ˈemərəld/
🔊/ˈemərəld/
(also emerald green)
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  1. bright green in colour翡翠绿；绿宝石色
    • the white collar of her dark emerald dress她的暗绿色翡翠连衣裙的白领
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emerald

noun
🔊/ˈemərəld/
🔊/ˈemərəld/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a bright green precious stone祖母绿；绿宝石；翡翠
    • an emerald ring绿宝石戒指
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  2. (also emerald green)
     [uncountable] a bright green colour翡翠绿；绿宝石色
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French e(s)meraud, ultimately via Latin from Greek (s)maragdos, via Prakrit (an ancient Indian language) from Semitic (compare with Hebrew bāreqet̲, from bāraq ‘flash, sparkle’).