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 carved out a flower of ivory.
  他雕出了一朵象牙花。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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'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？
• 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。