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jade (uncountable) - 玉
玉作为不可数名词使用。
She wore a necklace made of jade.
她戴了一条玉做的项链。
玉；翡翠
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
玉；翡翠
A hard semiprecious stone, usually green, used in jewelry and for carving.
She wore a necklace made of jade.
她戴了一条玉做的项链。
一种半宝石,即软玉或硬玉,通常呈绿色或白色,常用于雕刻小雕像。
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
老得无法再干活的马。
A horse too old to be put to work.
一种半宝石,光泽度高,通常为绿色,有时带白色,由硬玉或软玉构成
a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
一种明亮的略带蓝色或灰色的绿色,是抛光玉石的典型颜色。
A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
She wore a beautiful jade necklace to the party.
她戴着一条漂亮的翡翠项链去参加了派对。
The museum displayed a collection of ancient Chinese jades.
博物馆展出了一批中国古代的玉器。
This jade pendant is said to bring good luck.
据说这个玉坠能带来好运。
玉作为不可数名词使用。
She wore a necklace made of jade.
她戴了一条玉做的项链。
作'老马'解时是可数名词。
The old jade could no longer work in the fields.
那匹老马不能再在田里干活了。
Not this
I bought a jade.
Use this
I bought a piece of jade.
玉作为材料通常不可数，不能直接用不定冠词 a，应使用 a piece of 表示一块。
Not this
After the long journey, I feel jade.
Use this
After the long journey, I feel jaded.
jade 作动词意为'使疲倦'，其过去分词 jaded 常作形容词表示'疲惫的'，直接使用原形不具形容词功能。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
玉坠；翡翠吊坠
She wore a jade pendant given by her grandmother.
她戴着祖母给的玉坠。
玉雕
The museum has an exquisite jade carving from the Qing dynasty.
博物馆里有一件精美的清代玉雕。
翡翠绿；青绿色
The dress comes in a beautiful jade green.
这条连衣裙有漂亮的翡翠绿色。
玉镯
Her jade bracelet has been in the family for generations.
她的玉镯在家族中传承了好几代人。
玉项链
He bought a jade necklace for his wife.
他给妻子买了一条玉项链。
Use jade naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记 jade：音近“洁的”，联想玉石洁净温润；翡翠绿意透亮，戴在身上显优雅。
语域：neutral 常见场景：jewelry、art and antiques、mineralogy 作为名词表示“玉/翡翠”时，通常用于珠宝、雕刻和艺术品等语境，属于中性词汇，口语和书面语中都比较常见。
这些词都以 -ade 结尾，和 jade 一样读作 /eɪd/，彼此押韵。注意别被拼写相似的 -ad 词误导，如 bad、had、mad 中的 ad 读 /æd/，与 /eɪd/ 不同。
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