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

在烁的光线中，飘浮着个小小的像般明亮的蛋。

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

拥有像般纯净的蓝色是这座高山湖泊最大的招牌。

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

“这样的人珍贵的像。”

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

像样美丽的蜂，在森林中的朵上寻找着蜂蜜和昆虫。捕发光的四处飞翔。

The scepters look like big golden sticks covered in jewels.

权杖看起来像覆盖着的大金色棍子。

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

这真像颗真正的，你可以说。

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

这基本上意味着它就像颗珍贵的。

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

他的眼睛就像红色的，在火炬的光芒下发光。

Each moment is like a precious jewel.

每刻都像颗珍贵的。

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

许多较大的湖泊周围环绕着较小的湖泊， 就像中央的， 周围环绕着发光的。

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

锡安的贵胄素来比雪纯净，比奶更白，他们的身体比红玉（或作" 珊瑚" ）更红，像光润的蓝样。

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年代的经济萧条和40年代的世界大战期间，人们并不急于将辛苦赚来的钱在像这样轻浮的东西上。