Word · Frequency #10730
jade
玉；翡翠
A hard semiprecious stone, usually green, used in jewelry and for carving.
- 1.
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
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。
- 2.
A horse too old to be put to work.
老得无法再干活的马。
- 3.
a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
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
- 4.
A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
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。
- 5.
a woman adulterer
通奸的妇人
- 6.
A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.
一种多肉植物,玉树(Crassula ovata)。
- 7.
a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green
浅绿色,从蓝绿色到黄绿色不等
青绿色；绿玉色；玉树；燕子掌；老马；衰马；淫妇；荡妇；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。
In use
She wore a beautiful jade necklace to the party.
The museum displayed a collection of ancient Chinese jades.
This jade pendant is said to bring good luck.
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。
jade (countable) - 老马
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。
Common mistakes
I bought a jade.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。
Connections
Collocations
- jade pendant
- 玉坠；翡翠吊坠
- She wore a jade pendant given by her grandmother.她戴着祖母给的玉坠。
- jade carving
- 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。
- jade green
- 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。
- jade bracelet
- 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。
- jade necklace
- 玉项链
- He bought a jade necklace for his wife.他给妻子买了一条玉项链。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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