ivory

B1 CET-6 大学 FREQ #12000 ★★☆☆☆

n. 象牙, 乳白色 a. 象牙制的, 乳白色的

发音

US /ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/

词形变化

ivories 复数 ivories

别名

yuory yvory

教材释义与例句

名词

象牙;乳白色;长牙

形容词

乳白色的;象牙制的

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

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  3. 3.

    Something made from or resembling ivory.

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  4. 4.

    The teeth.

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  5. 5.

    The keys of a piano; or, the white keys, as opposed to the black keys (ebonies).

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    to tickle the ivories

  6. 6.

    A white person.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  7. 7.

    A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).

    可数 非正式 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Made of ivory.

  2. 2.

    Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

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词源

From Middle English yvory, ivorie, from Anglo-Norman ivurie, from Latin eboreus (“in or of ivory”) adjective of ebur (“ivory”) (genitive eboris), from Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”) (compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”)), from Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant, ivory, Elephantine”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-. Displaced native Old English elpendbān (literally “elephant bone”).

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