marble
marble 英 [ˈmɑ:bl] 美 [ˈmɑrbl]
n. 大理石；弹珠
进行时:marbling 过去式:marbled 过去分词:marbled 第三人称单数:marbles 名词复数:marbles
- Marble is a very hard rock that's a particular type of limestone. Fancy lobbies (and even bathrooms) are often lined with marble.
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- n. 大理石；弹珠
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1. a block of marble
一块大理石板
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2. a marble floor，a marble sculpture
大理石地板╱雕刻
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3. Three boys were playing marbles.
三个男孩儿在玩弹子游戏。
- marble (adj.) late 14c., "of marble," from marble (n.). Meaning "mottled like marble" is mid-15c. Marble cake is attested from 1864.
- marble (n.) type of stone much used in sculpture, monuments, etc., early 14c., by dissimilation from marbra (mid-12c.), from Old French marbre (which itself underwent dissimilation of 2nd -r- to -l- in 14c.; marbre persisted in English into early 15c.), from Latin marmor, from or cognate with Greek marmaros "marble, gleaming stone," of unknown origin, perhaps originally an adjective meaning "sparkling," which would connect it with marmairein "to shine." The Latin word was taken directly into Old English as marma. German Marmor is restored Latin from Old High German marmul. Meaning "little balls of marble used in a children's game" is attested from 1690s.
- marble (v.) 1590s (implied in marbled), "to give (something) the appearance of marble," from marble (n.). Related: Marbling.
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