摘要:一颗惊艳蓝钻以620万英镑(约960万美元)的价格拍出,每克拉价格高达180万美元,刷新了此前每克拉168万美元的世界纪录。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?
A stunning blue diamond broke a world record, fetching a price of 6.2 million British pounds (about $9.6 million), or about $1.8 million per carat, according to auctioneer Bonhams. The diamond is a "fancy deep-blue" stone, terminology that describes its intensity of color.
The most famous blue diamond in the world is the Hope Diamond, which now resides at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.
英国宝龙拍卖行称,一颗惊艳蓝钻以620万英镑(约960万美元)的价格拍出,每克拉价格高达180万美元,刷新了此前的世界纪录。根据色彩强度,这颗钻石学名为“花式深蓝”。
据悉,世界上现存最著名的蓝钻是“希望之星”,现藏于史密森尼国立自然历史博物馆。
【讲解】
“###blue diamond”解释为蓝钻,与钻石相关的词汇还有:white diamond 白钻、black diamond黑钻、red diamond 红钻。“carat”解释为克拉(=karat),钻石等珠宝的重量单位,1克拉=0.2克。