jewel
/ˈd͡ʒuːəl//d͡ʒul/
- n.
- 珠宝，贵重物，镶珠宝的饰物
- vt.
- 饰以珠宝，镶以宝石
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
jewel
词源说明
From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joïel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ultimately on Latin gaudium (“joy”), or on Latin iocus (“joke; jest”), or according to Pihan, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar). Compare Medieval Latin jocale. Displaced native Old English māþm.