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adamant    音标拼音: ['ædəmənt]
n. 坚硬的东西
a. 非常坚硬的

坚硬的东西非常坚硬的

adamant
adj 1: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is
adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was
inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an
intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal
tendency" [synonym: {adamant}, {adamantine}, {inexorable},
{intransigent}]
n 1: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [synonym:
{diamond}, {adamant}]

Adamant \Ad"a*mant\ ([a^]d"[.a]*m[a^]nt), n. [OE. adamaunt,
adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis,
the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv.
dama^,n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L.
adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet,
as in OF. and LL. See {Diamond}, {Tame}.]
1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a
name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme
hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical
signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for
the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
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Opposed the rocky orb
Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. --Milton.
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2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] "A great adamant of
acquaintance." --Bacon.
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As true to thee as steel to adamant. --Greene.
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "adamant":
adamantine, at a standstill, cast-iron, dour, firm, flintlike,
flinty, frozen, granitelike, granitic, grim, hard, hard-core,
immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, implacable,
impliable, inductile, inelastic, inexorable, inextensible,
inextensile, inextensional, inflexible, intractable, intractile,
intransigent, iron, irreconcilable, irremovable, irresilient,
lithic, marblelike, nonelastic, nonstretchable, obdurate, pat,
petrified, petrogenic, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rock,
rock-ribbed, slaty, standpat, stationary, steely, stern, stiff,
stone, stubborn, unaffected, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable,
uncompromising, unextendible, unextensible, unflexible, ungiving,
unlimber, unmalleable, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unpliable,
unpliant, unrelenting, unswayable, untractable, unyielding

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  • ADAMANT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    A person who is adamant about something has formed an opinion or taken a position that is not going to change because the person is determined to keep that opinion or position If you're adamant about a decision you've made, no one can convince you that it was a mistake
  • ADAMANT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
    ADAMANT meaning: 1 impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision: 2 impossible to… Learn more
  • ADAMANT Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
    Adamant definition: utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc See examples of ADAMANT used in a sentence
  • adamant adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    determined not to change your mind or to be persuaded about something Eva was adamant that she would not come The government remained adamant that there was no more money available Definition of adamant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • ADAMANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If someone is adamant about something, they are determined not to change their mind about it The prime minister is adamant that he will not resign Sue was adamant about that job in Australia
  • adamant, n. adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
    What does the word adamant mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word adamant, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence adamant has developed meanings and uses in subjects including How common is the word adamant? How is the word adamant pronounced?
  • Adamant - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    If you stubbornly refuse to change your mind about something, you are adamant about it This word's story begins in ancient Greece, where philosophers spoke about a legendary unbreakable stone or metal they called adamas (literally, "invincible")
  • Adamant - Wikipedia
    Adamant in classical mythology is an archaic form of diamond In fact, the English word diamond is ultimately derived from adamas, via Late Latin diamas and Old French diamant In ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adamas), genitive ἀδάμαντος (adamantos), literally 'unconquerable, untameable'
  • Adamant - definition of adamant by The Free Dictionary
    Not willing to change one's opinion, purpose, or principles; unyielding n 1 A stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness 2 An extremely hard substance
  • adamant - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness





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