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

• He was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and currently lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
  他出生于象牙海岸首都阿比让，现在比利时布鲁塞尔居住和工作。
• What exquisite [ delicate] ivory carvings these are!
  这几件象牙雕刻做得真细！
• The rebels have opened the road from Monrovia to the Ivory Coast
  叛乱分子已经开放了从蒙罗维亚到象牙海岸的道路。
• It is carved from ivory.
  它是用象牙雕成的。
• 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。
• I'd like a kitchen mostly in ivory and light green.
  我想要一间全是象牙色和浅绿色的厨房。
• Our country has joined an international ban on ivory trading.
  我们国家已加入了国际对象牙贸易的禁令。
• They don't really, in their ivory towers, understand how pernicious drug crime is.
  他们身处象牙塔中，并不真正了解毒品犯罪的危害有多大。
• The Ivory Coast became the world's leading cocoa producer.
  象牙海岸成为世界上可可粉的主要产地。
• My classmates are married, and I was hiding the ivory tower;
  我的同学们都成家立业了，我还在象牙塔里躲藏；