ivory

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals. uncountable
    — “Leave the ivory!” he cried. “Leave the ivory! Dead men have no use for ivory!” Some of the Manyuema started to lay down their loads, but this was altogether too much for the avaricious Arabs.
  2. A creamy white color, the color of ivory. countable,uncountable
  3. Something made from or resembling ivory. countable,uncountable
  4. The teeth. collective,countable,plural,singular,uncountable
    — Ye forgot some o' yer ivories, didn't ye, on th' grass?
  5. The keys of a piano; or, the white keys, as opposed to the black keys (ebonies). collective,countable,plural,singular,uncountable
    — to tickle the ivories
  6. A white person. countable,ethnic,slang,slur,uncountable
  7. A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance). countable,informal,uncountable
    — c. 1846, Alexandre Dumas (translated by William Barrow), The Three Musketeers The triumphant Englishman did not give himself the trouble even to shake the dice; and, so sure was he of winning, that he threw the ivory on the table without looking.
形容词 adj.
  1. Made of ivory. not-comparable
    — Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.
  2. Resembling or having the colour of ivory. not-comparable
    — The walls and ceiling of this drawing-room in Montague Square are painted ivory.

词形变化

ivories plural

词汇关系

衍生词
black ivory gate of ivory ivoride ivoried ivorine ivoriness ivorist ivoroid ivory-bill ivorybill ivory bush coral ivorylike ivory porcelain ivory-pounder ivorysmith ivory-thumper ivory tickler ivory tree ivorytype ivoryware pink ivory purple ivory red ivory sea ivory tickle the ivories tickle the ivory vegetable ivory tree ivory-billed woodpecker ivory black Ivory Coast ivory gull ivory nut ivory-nut palm ivory palm ivory shell ivory tower ivory-white vegetable ivory
相关词
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词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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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