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ivory是什么意思

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ivory 是什么意思

音标:[ 'aivəri ]  
名词复数:ivories   

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.象牙;(河马、独角鱼的)牙齿。 artificial ivory人造象牙。 fossil ivory古代巨象的象牙化石。
2.象牙色,乳白色。
3.〔 pl.〕象牙雕制品,仿象牙制品。
4.牙质(=dental ivory)。
5.厚光纸。
6.〔常pl.〕〔俚语〕牙齿;骰子;撞球;弹子;钢琴键。
短语和例子
show one's ivories 龇牙咧嘴。 solid ivory〔美俚〕头脑迟钝的人。 wash one's ivories 〔口语〕喝酒。
adj.
1.象牙制成的,似象牙的。
2.象牙色的,乳白色的。
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
同义词:bone, pearl, off-white,

a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
同义词:tusk,

Ivory is a hard, white material, derived from the tusks and teeth of animals, that is used in art or manufacturing. It consists of dentine, a tissue that is similar to bone.

例句与用法

1.The panel had a veneer of gold and ivory .
这木板上面镶饰了一层金和象牙。

2.His nails resemble the ivory keys of the spinet .
他的指甲象白色的琴键一样。

3.Her playing and ivory manners were much admired .
她的演奏和高雅的风度颇受人赞赏。

4.Elsa mcmahon wore clinging ivory silk jersey .
埃尔莎麦克马洪穿着乳白色紧身绸衣。

5.It is carved from ivory .
它是用象牙雕成的。

6.Is it made of ivory ?
它是象牙做的吗?

7.A whole mob of men were jabbing at the ivory button, one after the other .
一群男人在一个紧接着一个地用力戳那个象牙(铃)钮。

8.For a while she sat in her arm-chair, opening and shutting the absurd ivory fan between her fingers .
她在扶手椅里坐了一会儿,不停地把拿在手上的那把可笑的象牙折扇打开来又合上。

9.in vegetation, acute injury by often results in an ivory coloration, but sometimes the coloration is reddish brown.
在植物方面,因二氧化硫严重损伤经常导致象牙色,但有时为红棕色。

10.Historians have long been puzzled by dots , lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls , bones , and the ivory tusks of mammoths .
刻在墙壁、甲骨和长毛象的牙齿上的点、线和符号,长久以来使得史学家迷惑不解。

 
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