1.〈比喻〉外表粗鲁的人
2.“diamond in the rough”的变体
1.The variant of diamond in the rough
1.Specific approach is to see rough diamond has no place, not worn on the hands difficult feeling to be glittering surface of the coating.
具体的做法是，看钻戒有没有毛糙的地方，戴在手上没有棘手的感觉，表面的镀层要金光闪闪。
2.I know he looks a bit of a rough diamond in his tattered jeans, but apparently he does a lot of good work for local charities.
我知道他穿着破烂的牛仔裤看上去有些浑金璞玉的样子，但清楚他是为当地的慈善事业做了许多有益的工作。
3.She's a rough diamond . Although she seems to be careless, she does everything tiptop.
她是个外粗内秀的人。别看她大大咧咧的，干起事来总是顶呱呱的。
4.Mr Kilalea says that for the next few years, rough diamond prices should rise in real terms by at least 5 per cent.
克拉利尔表示，未来几年，原钻实际价格应该至少会上涨5%。
5.She's a rough diamond. although she seems to be careless, she does things tip-top.
她是个外粗内秀的人。别看她大大咧咧，可干起事来总是顶呱呱。
6.She was a rough diamond before she went abroad to work, now she's a sophisticated, poised woman.
在到美国工作前她是一个见识不多的人，现在却成为一个又成熟又有品味的淑女。
7.He's not a rough diamond--a pearl-containing oyster of a rustic: he's a fierce, pitiless, wolfish man.
他不是一块粗糙的钻石——乡下人当中的一个含珠之蚌，而是一个凶恶的，无情的，像狼一样残忍的人。
8.He was a cult hero in Seville, where they had worked enormously hard to nurture a particularly rough diamond.
在塞维利亚，他是一个备受崇敬的英雄，他们费了很大的劲儿来打磨手中的这块难得的毛坯钻石。
9.Typically, about 60 percent of a rough diamond is lost as dust or shavings in the cutting process.
典型区别就是，原石大约60%的部分会作为粉尘除去或是在切割过程中成为碎料。
10.Other chemicals were added to encourage the carbon atoms to attract each other, producing a rough diamond within two weeks.
然后，加入其他化学制品促使这些碳原子互相吸引，从而在两周内形成一颗粗糙的钻石。