ebony

名词 ebony:

1. a very dark black
   同义词：coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
2. hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
3. tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
   同义词：ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum

形容词 ebony:

1. of a very dark black
   同义词：ebon

1. Ebony is a hard black wood.
   黑檀树是一种黑色而坚硬的树木。

eb.on.y

n.（名词）
【复数】 eb.on.ies
A tropical tree(Diospyros ebenum) of southern Asia, having hard, dark-colored heartwood.
乌木树：一种生长于南亚的热带树木（乌木 柿树属） ，木质坚硬，呈深黑色
The wood of this tree, used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.
乌木：这种树木的木头，用以制造木屋或钢琴键
The color black; ebon.
乌黑色；乌木制的
adj.（形容词）
Made of or suggesting ebony.
乌木的：乌木制成的或使人联想到乌木的
Black in color.
黑色

来源：
Probably from Middle English hebenyf [ebony wood]
可能源自 中古英语 hebenyf [乌木]
from alteration of Late Latin ebeninus [of ebony]
源自 后期拉丁语 ebeninus的变化 [乌树的]
from Greek ebeninos
源自 希腊语 ebeninos
from ebenos [ebony tree]
源自 ebenos [乌木树]
from Egyptian h-b-ny
源自 埃及语 h-b-ny