A medallion is a piece of jewellery that looks like a large coin. You wear it on a chain around your neck, lying on your chest. It is bigger and heavier than a small pendant — a gold or silver disc, sometimes with a face or a pattern, a little showy, a little old-fashioned.

A medallion大圓墜飾 is是 that looks like a large coin看起來像大錢幣 a piece of jewellery的珠寶. You wear it你把它戴 on a chain around your neck在脖子上的鍊子上, lying on your chest讓它垂在胸前. It它 than比 a small pendant小墜子 is bigger and heavier更大更重 — a gold or silver disc是一片金色或銀色的圓盤, sometimes with a face or a pattern上面有時候有臉孔或圖案, a little showy有點浮誇, a little old-fashioned也有點老派。

Singers wear them; families pass them down. Museums also call large commemorative coins medallions, even when nobody wears them.

Singers歌手 wear them會戴它們; families家族 pass them down會把它們傳下去. Museums博物館 also也 call large commemorative coins medallions把大型的紀念幣叫做medallion, even when nobody wears them即使沒有人會戴它們。

Though actually, cooks use the same word for a round, thick slice of meat, “a medallion of beef,” named only for that coin shape. This entry is the jewellery.

Though actually不過其實, cooks廚師 use the same word也用同一個字 for a round, thick slice of meat來指圓形、厚切的肉片, "a medallion of beef"像是「a medallion of beef」, named only for that coin shape純粹是因為形狀像錢幣而得名. This entry這個詞條講的是 the jewellery珠寶那個意思。

A medallion you wear is also not quite the same as a medal you win at sports, even though they look like cousins.

A medallion you wear你戴的medallion, is also not quite the same as也跟 a medal you win at sports你在運動比賽贏得的medal不完全一樣, even though they look like cousins雖然兩者看起來像親戚。