A rhinestone is a cheap, sparkly stone made to look like a diamond. Now it is usually glass, crystal glass, or plastic with a shiny back, sewn or stuck onto clothes, shoes, phone cases, and stage jackets.

A rhinestone is一個rhinestone（水鑽）就是 a cheap, sparkly stone一種便宜、閃亮的石頭 made to look like a diamond做成看起來像鑽石的樣子 Now it is usually glass, crystal glass, or plastic現在通常是玻璃、水晶玻璃、或塑膠 with a shiny back背面帶有反光層 sewn or stuck onto clothes, shoes, phone cases, and stage jackets縫或黏在衣服、鞋子、手機殼、舞台外套上

Though actually, the first ones were not plastic at all: they were little bits of rock crystal linked with the Rhine, and French called them “Rhine pebbles.” English simply copied that idea as Rhine + stone.

Though actually不過其實 the first ones were not plastic at all最早的根本不是塑膠 they were little bits of rock crystal是一小塊一小塊的水晶石 linked with the Rhine跟萊茵河有關 and French called them "Rhine pebbles."法文把它們叫做「萊茵河卵石」 English simply copied that idea as Rhine + stone英文就直接照著這個概念叫Rhine+stone

So a rhinestone is not a diamond, not a precious stone, and not from an animal. It is honest fake sparkle — used because it catches the light and does not cost much.

So a rhinestone is not a diamond所以rhinestone不是鑽石 not a precious stone不是寶石 and not from an animal也不是動物身上來的 It is honest fake sparkle它是老老實實的假閃亮 used because it catches the light之所以用它是因為它會反光 and does not cost much而且不貴

On a concert costume that loud shine is the point; in a jewellery shop it can sound like a polite way of saying “not real.”

On a concert costume在演唱會服裝上 that loud shine is the point那種誇張的閃亮就是重點 in a jewellery shop在珠寶店裡 it can sound like a polite way of saying "not real."這可能聽起來像是「不是真的」的委婉說法