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diadem

/dahy-uh-dem/US // ˈdaɪ əˌdɛm //UK // (ˈdaɪəˌdɛm) //

勋章,徽章

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a crown.
    • : a cloth headband, sometimes adorned with jewels, formerly worn by monarchs in Asia Minor and other parts of the East.
    • : royal dignity or authority.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to adorn with or as if with a diadem; crown.

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Examples

  • Diving through the water, each is crowned in a diadem of bubbles.

  • Excavations at other El Argar sites in the 19th and 20th centuries yielded several females buried with diadems.

  • A semicircular silver headband, or diadem, with a disk that would have rested on the forehead or the bridge of the nose, was found on the woman’s skull.

  • He tossed the splendid diadem in the air, and catching it, turned to me smiling.

  • It is a diadem fit for a King among kings, an Emperor among emperors.

  • I do this every day, and yet the joy of waiting and at last touching again the diadem, only seems to increase as the days pass.

  • The road from the fort to the Diadem is extremely fatiguing, and fully three hours are required to accomplish the journey.

  • He wore a cock feather over his ear, and on his head a diadem set with enormous gems.

  • I dreamed that a nobleman came here for me in a silver coach, and that he offered me a golden diadem.

  • A diadem encircles her hair, she sits upon a throne, the throne rests upon clouds.

  • Americans are all equal—this is one of the gems in our diadem.