ruby: [14] Ruby goes back ultimately to Latin ruber ‘red’, a descendant of the same Indo- European base as produced English red. From it was derived the medieval Latin adjective rubīnus, which was used in the term lapis rubīnus ‘red stone’. In due course rubīnus itself came to be employed as a noun in this sense, and it passed into English via Old French rubi. Other English words from the same source include rubella [19], rubicund [16], rubidium [19], and rubric [14] (headings in ancient and medieval manuscripts were often written in red ink). => red, rubella, rubicund, rubric
ruby (n.)
"clear rich-red variety of corundum," c. 1300, from Old French rubi (12c.), from Medieval Latin rubinus lapis "red stone" (source also of Italian rubino), from Latin rubeus "red," related to ruber (see red). As a color name from 1570s. As an adjective from late 15c. Modern French rubis is not explained; Klein suggests a plural mistaken for singular.
实用例句
1. The shooting-range is lit from underneath by rows of ruby-red light fittings.
射击场被一排排深红色的灯光设备从下面照亮了.
来自柯林斯例句
2. They got misty-eyed listening to records of Ruby Murray singing "Danny Boy".
聆听着唱片里鲁比·默里演唱《丹尼男孩》的时候，他们泪眼模糊。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Ruby recalled getting stoned during her misspent youth.
鲁比还记得，在虚度光阴的少女时代她曾经因为吸食毒品而飘飘欲仙。
来自柯林斯例句
4. She is wearing a small ruby earring.
她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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