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
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- a ban on the ivory trade
象牙贸易禁令 - an ivory chess set
一副象牙国际象棋
- a ban on the ivory trade
- 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.- ...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
- ...the international ban on the sale of ivory.
- 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
- a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
双语例句
- 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。 - But there are examples in silk and leather; bamboo and plastic; metal; ivory; and feathers.
但还有其它用丝绸和皮革、竹子和塑料、金属、象牙以及羽毛制成的手袋。 - In former times the people of this country trade in gold, ivory and slaves.
以前这个国家的人做买卖用金子、象牙和奴隶。 - 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。 - 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。 - It's a very emotional issue. How can you advocate selling the ivory from elephants?
这是个很容易激起公愤的话题。你怎么能够鼓吹贩卖象牙？ - He carved out a flower of ivory.
他雕出了一朵象牙花。 - 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。 - Gold and ivory and slaves came north from sub-Saharan Africa;
黄金和象牙以及奴隶从下撒哈拉运来北方。 - 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。