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
• 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
• a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
  Synonym:tusk

双语例句

• The researchers say Gambia and Ivory Coast suffered more during the food crisis than Mali did.
  研究人员称在粮食危机期间冈比亚和象牙海岸比马里遭受了更大的威胁。
• 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。
• A decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals.
  用刷了漆的木头构成的一种装饰性的工艺品，木头里经常嵌有象牙或贵重金属。
• What exquisite [ delicate] ivory carvings these are!
  这几件象牙雕刻做得真细！
• He carved out a flower of ivory.
  他雕出了一朵象牙花。
• The ivory industry employed about a thousand carvers.
  象牙行业的从业牙雕师约有一千名。
• 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。
• A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.
  一种坚硬而光滑的乳白色牙质，构成大象和海象的大部分长牙。
• It's like you have Ivory smuggled in or something.
  看上去你这些好像走私进来的象牙或者什么的。
• 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。