Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day: but it will not rise, to me price of a diamond, or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights. 真理在世人眼中其价值也许等于一颗珍珠,在日光之下看起来最好;但是它决够不上那在各种不同的光线下显得最美的钻石和红玉底价值。
carbuncle
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deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
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an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for discharge of pus
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Carbuncle \Car"bun*cle\, n. [L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See {Carbon}.] 1. (Min.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.
2. (Med.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called {anthrax}.
3. (Her.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also {escarbuncle}.
Anderson was on the panel which chose a modernist scheme, thus prompting the Prince of Wales to resign from being the museum's patron. Before the affair of the Edinburgh carbuncle, Anderson was not a figure known outside the museum world.
On architecture, Charles called one planned museum addition "a monstrous carbuncle" and dubbed another planned building "a glass stump."