ivory是什么意思？

ivory

英[ˈaɪvəri] 美[ˈaɪvəri, ˈaɪvri]

• n. 象牙，象牙制品，象牙色，象牙质；
• adj. 象牙制的，象牙色的；

复数：ivories;

例句

• And the golden mound of sweet oily ivory meat mounts in the milk glass bowl. 那香甜油亮的象牙般的核桃肉便在牛奶玻璃碗里堆成了金灿灿的小山。
• a long spiral ivory tusk 扭曲的长尖牙
• an elaborate inlay of tortoiseshell, ivory, and metal 精致的龟壳、象牙和金属镶嵌物
• He sports an ivory-handled cane these days. 这些天来, 他一直在炫耀一只象牙柄手杖。
• My shirt is more ivory colour than white. 我的衬衣与其说是白色的, 不如说是乳白色的。
• The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills. 象牙海鸥经常跟在北极熊的后面吃剩下的海豹尸体。
• a figure delicately carved in ivory 用象牙精工雕刻而成的塑像
• They say a legal market facilitates the laundering of illegal ivory. 他们认为合法市场使得非法象牙交易更加容易.
• Rings: Thin black camagong rings with snake - wood inlays and ivory colored borders. 装饰环 ﹕ 黑色天鹅绒苹果木细环配以蛇木镶嵌与象牙色镶边.
• Ivory Coast rookie Salomon Kalou, 21, will partner Didier Drogba in attack instead of Shevchenko. 21岁的象牙海岸新人卡鲁将代替舍瓦与德罗巴搭档.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  象牙色, 乳白色
  My shirt is more ivory colour than white. 我的衬衣与其说是白色的, 不如说是乳白色的。
  象牙制品
  The museum has a fine collection of medieval ivories. 该博物馆收藏着一批精美的中世纪象牙制品。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
  2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones

行业词典

• 动物学： 象牙；
  医学： 象牙；牙〔本〕质；