bijous

[US]/'biːʒuː/
[UK]/'biʒu/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 寶石
adj. 小巧美觀的

Phrases & Collocations

Bijou store

珠寶店

Real-world Examples

It is a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but built out in front right up to the road, two stories.

那是一幢小巧雅緻的別墅,後面有個花園。這是一幢兩層樓房,面對着馬路建造的。

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

" Truly, yes, to pray with. It would be pleasing to the saints if one used so fine a rosary as this, instead of wearing it as a vain bijou."

“確實如此,在祈禱時用它。如果一個人使用這樣好的東西作爲念珠,而不是作爲無用的裝飾品來戴它,那將使聖者高興。”

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

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