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A sapphire is a hard, bright jewel, famous for a deep clear blue — the blue of a clean evening sky. Jewellers also use the name for the same kind of stone in other colours (a pink sapphire, a yellow one), but if someone just says sapphire, they almost always mean the blue.
A sapphire is a hard, bright jewelSapphire 是一種堅硬、閃亮的寶石, famous for a deep clear blue以深邃透澈的藍色聞名 — the blue of a clean evening sky就像晴朗傍晚天空的那種藍。Jewellers also use the name for the same kind of stone in other colours珠寶商也會用這個名字稱呼同一種寶石的其他顏色 (a pink sapphire, a yellow one)（像粉紅色的 sapphire、黃色的）, but if someone just says sapphire但如果有人只說 sapphire, they almost always mean the blue幾乎都是指藍色的那種。
People set it in rings and crowns; September’s birthstone is often a sapphire. The word can also name that blue colour itself.
People set it in rings and crowns人們把它鑲在戒指和皇冠上; September's birthstone is often a sapphire九月的誕生石常常就是 sapphire。The word can also name that blue colour itself這個詞也可以直接指那種藍色本身。
Though actually, the old name probably first belonged to a different blue stone, lapis lazuli; the jewel we now call sapphire kept the word.
Though actually不過其實, the old name probably first belonged to a different blue stone, lapis lazuli這個舊名字原本可能是屬於另一種藍色寶石，青金石（lapis lazuli）; the jewel we now call sapphire kept the word我們現在叫做 sapphire 的寶石則是沿用了這個名字。
Ruby is the red sister-stone, the same hard mineral in another colour. Real sapphire is very hard — not glass, not plastic.
Ruby is the red sister-stoneRuby（紅寶石）是它的紅色姊妹寶石, the same hard mineral in another colour是同一種堅硬礦物的另一種顏色。Real sapphire is very hard真正的 sapphire 非常堅硬 — not glass, not plastic不是玻璃，也不是塑膠。
組成From Old French saphir, from Latin, from Greek sáppheiros (“a precious blue stone”), probably from a Semitic word such as Hebrew sappīr, further back from Akkadian. The ancient name may have meant lapis lazuli.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Sapphirename
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A female given name from English from the precious stone.
- I asked her once how a little girl who didn't have blue eyes ended up being called Sapphire. She pursed her lips for a few seconds, clearly wondering how she could get away with not telling me. 'My older brother is called Mistral,' she said in the end. 'My younger sister is Blaze. I'd say I was the lucky one.' As I say, hippy parents.
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A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Sapphirenoun
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A stereotype of an aggressive and domineering black woman.
- When black women speak up about indignities, they are Sapphires. When black women stand up for their rights, they are Sapphires.
- Described as feisty wenches, seductive Jezebels, or loud and angry Sapphires, Black women's public persona has long been dominated by these images.
sapphirenoun/ˈsæf.aɪ̯ə/
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A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
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A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
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A deep blue colour.
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governmentheraldryhobbiesAzure, when blazoning by precious stones.
- Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; […]
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Any hummingbird in the genera Hylocharis and Chlorestes, as well as the rufous-throated sapphire, which is now in the genus Amazilia.
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Any of the butterflies in the southern Asian lycaenid genus Heliophorus or the African lycaenid genus Iolaus.
sapphireadj/ˈsæf.aɪ̯ə/
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of a deep blue colour.
- At about eleven, we uncaged our pigeons, who flew away into the sapphire sky that hung like a sail from the white peaks.
- They awoke to panoramic views of a national park's tropical forests, the Gulf of Paria's shallows and the Caribbean's sparkling sapphire waters.
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pertaining to a 45th year
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。