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ivory

英 [ˈaɪvəri]

美 [ˈaɪvəri]

n.  象牙; (某些其他动物的)长牙; 象牙制品; 象牙色; 乳白色

复数:ivories 

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Collins.2 / BNC.6491 / COCA.6654

牛津词典

    noun

    • 象牙;(某些其他动物的)长牙
      a hard yellowish-white substance like bone that forms the tusks (= long teeth) of elephants and some other animals
      1. a ban on the ivory trade
        象牙贸易禁令
      2. an ivory chess set
        一副象牙国际象棋
    • 象牙制品
      an object made of ivory
      1. 象牙色;乳白色
        a yellowish-white colour

        柯林斯词典

        • N-UNCOUNT 象牙
          Ivoryis a hard cream-coloured substance which forms the tusks of elephants. It is valuable and can be used for making carved ornaments.
          1. ...the international ban on the sale of ivory.
            禁止销售象牙的国际禁令
          2. ...intricate ivory carvings.
            精致的象牙雕刻品
        • 象牙色;乳白色
          Ivoryis a creamy-white colour.

          英英释义

          noun

          • a shade of white the color of bleached bones
              Synonym:bonepearloff-white
            1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
                Synonym:tusk

              双语例句

              • I have a large body with wrinkled skin and tusks made out of ivory.
                我有一个满是褶皱皮肤的庞大身躯和尖尖的象牙。
              • It is carved from ivory.
                它是用象牙雕成的。
              • The government has put a ban on the import of ivory.
                政府已经放置了一条对象牙的输入禁令。
              • Gold and ivory and slaves came north from sub-Saharan Africa;
                黄金和象牙以及奴隶从下撒哈拉运来北方。
              • The rebels have opened the road from Monrovia to the Ivory Coast
                叛乱分子已经开放了从蒙罗维亚到象牙海岸的道路。
              • My classmates are married, and I was hiding the ivory tower;
                我的同学们都成家立业了,我还在象牙塔里躲藏;
              • The ivory Buddha carved by Shen Weizhong, a contemporary Chinese sculptor, is the world's smallest piece of sculpture, its size being just four-fifths that of a grain of rice.
                中国当代雕刻工艺师沈为众雕刻的象牙佛像是世界上最小的雕刻。这个象牙佛像只有一粒米的五分之四大。
              • Each piece is unique, an exquisite painting of a real person, done on ivory
                每一件艺术品都是绘在象牙上的精美绝伦的真人肖像,都是独一无二的。
              • He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece.
                他给他演示如何吹奏象牙吹口乐器。
              • They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.
                他们身处象牙塔中,并不真正了解毒品犯罪的危害有多大。