ivory
ivory 英 [ˈaɪvəri] 美 [ˈaɪvəri, ˈaɪvri]
n. 象牙；乳白色；长牙 adj. 乳白色的；象牙制的
名词复数:ivories
- Ivory is a hard, white substance found in the tusks of animals such as elephants. Ivory also refers to a white-ish color, like the ivory keys on a piano.
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- n. 象牙；乳白色；长牙
- adj. 乳白色的；象牙制的
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1. It is carved from ivory.
它是用象牙雕成的。
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2. The panel had a veneer of gold and ivory.
这木板上面镶饰了一层金和象牙。
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3. What exquisite [delicate] ivory carvings these are!
这几件象牙雕刻做得真细!
- ivory (n.) mid-13c. (late 12c. as a surname), Anglo-French ivorie, from Old North French ivurie (12c.), from Medieval Latin eborium "ivory," noun use of neuter of Latin eboreus "of ivory," from ebur (genitive eboris) "ivory," probably via Phoenician from an African source (compare Egyptian ab "elephant," Coptic ebu "ivory").
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