Drifting along in the sparkling current inside was a tiny, jewel-bright egg.

在闪烁光线，飘浮着一个小小像宝石一般明亮蛋。

The gem-like pure blue is the most outstanding feature of this mountain lake.

拥有像宝石一般纯净蓝色是这座高山湖泊最大招牌。

One person wrote: “Such a gem of a human being.”

“这样人珍贵像宝石。”

Humming-birds, like gems of beauty, come to seek honey and insects from the forest flowers. Fly-catchers gleam and sparkle everywhere.

像宝石一样美丽蜂鸟，在森找着蜂蜜和昆虫。捕蝇鸟闪闪发光四处飞翔。

The scepters look like big golden sticks covered in jewels.

权杖看起来像覆盖着宝石大金色棍子。

It's like a real gem, you could say.

这真像一颗真正宝石，你可以说。

Which basically means it's a gem would be like a valuable jewel.

这基本意味着它就像一颗珍贵宝石。

His eyes were like red jewels glowing in the beam of the torch.

他眼睛就像红色宝石，在火炬光芒下闪闪发光。

Each moment is like a precious jewel.

每一刻都像一颗珍贵宝石。

Many of the larger lakes are encircled with smaller ones like central gems girdled with sparkling brilliants.

许多较大湖泊周围环绕着较小湖泊， 就像央宝石， 周围环绕着闪闪发光宝石。

Their princes were brighter than snow and whiter than milk, their bodies more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like lapis lazuli.

锡安贵胄素来比雪纯净，比奶更白，他们身体比红宝玉（或作" 珊瑚" ）更红，像光润蓝宝石一样。

But between the economic depression of the 1930s and the World War of the 40s, folks weren't exactly clamoring to spend their hard-earned wages on something as frivolous as gemstones.

但在20世纪30年代经济萧条和40年代世界大战期间，人们并不急于将辛苦赚来钱在像宝石这样轻浮东西。