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ivory

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n.象牙

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ivory


/'aɪvərɪ; `aɪvərɪ/
n
1 [U] creamy-white bone-like substance forming the tusks of elephants, walruses, etc 象牙; (海象等的)长牙
*[attrib 作定语] an ivory statuette 象牙制的小雕像.
2 [C] object made of this 象牙制品
*a priceless collection of ivories 象牙的稀世珍品收藏.
3 [U] colour of ivory 象牙色的; 乳白色的
*[attrib 作定语] an ivory skin, complexion, etc 乳白色的皮肤、面色等
* ivory-coloured silk 乳白色的丝绸.
4 (idm 习语) an ,ivory `tower place or situation where people retreat from the unpleasant realities of everyday life and pretend that these do not exist 象牙塔(对日常生活中烦恼的现实视而不见者的退身之所或处境)
*live in an ivory tower 生活在象牙塔中
* [attrib 作定语] lead an,ivory-tower e`xistence 过象牙塔式的生活.

ivory


npluralivories
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: ivoire, from Latin ebor, from Egyptian ab 'elephant, ivory']
[U]
the hard smooth yellowish-white substance from the tusks (=long teeth) of an elephant
 an ivory chess set
[U]
a yellowish white colour
 an ivory silk wedding gown
[C often plural]
something made of ivory, especially a small figure of a person or animal
 a collection of Chinese ivories
1. Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths.
    长期以来,历史学家一直对雕刻在墙壁上、骨头上、古代长毛象的象牙上的点、线和形形色色的符号感到困惑不解。

2. Is it made of ivory?
    它是象牙做的吗?

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