ivory

名词 ivory:

1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
   同义词：tusk
2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
   同义词：bone, pearl, off-white

1. His lean body is engulfed in an ivory white Afghan coat.
   他瘦削的身躯裹在一件象牙色的阿富汗大衣中。
2. Living in your ivory tower at Oxford, you can't imagine what it's like to go hungry.
   你生活在牛津的象牙之塔中，想像不到挨饿是什么滋味。
3. Made of gold and ivory, as certain pieces of sculpture or artwork in ancient Greece.
   由黄金和象牙制成的由黄金和象牙制成的，如古希腊某些雕刻或工艺品
4. Gold, slaves and ivory were sent north.
   黄金、奴隶和象牙被运送到北方。

i.vo.ry

n.（名词）
【复数】 i.vo.ries

A hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance composed primarily of dentin that forms the tusks of the elephant.
象牙质：主要由象牙质组成的坚硬、光滑、黄白色的物质，这种物质构成了大象的牙齿
A similar substance forming the tusks or teeth of certain other mammals, such as the walrus.
牙齿成分：形成象牙或某些哺乳动物牙齿的类似物质，如海象
A tusk, especially an elephant`s tusk.
象牙：长牙，特别指象牙
An article made of ivory.
象牙雕：象牙制的艺术品
A substance resembling ivory.
仿象牙品：类似象牙的物品
Color A pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.
【色彩】 象牙色：淡黄色或灰黄色到黄白色
Often ivories
常作 ivories
Music Piano keys.
【音乐】 钢琴键
Games Dice.
【游戏】 骰子
Slang The teeth.
【俚语】 牙齿
adj.（形容词）
Composed or constructed of ivory.
象牙制的：由象牙构成或者组成的
Color Of a pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.
【色彩】 象牙色的：淡黄色或灰黄色到黄白色的

来源：
Middle English ivorie
中古英语 ivorie
from Old French ivoire, ivurie
源自 古法语 ivoire, ivurie
from Latin eboreus [of ivory]
源自 拉丁语 eboreus [象牙的]
from ebur ebor- [ivory]
源自 ebur ebor- [象牙]
from Coptic ebou [elephant]
源自 科普特语 ebou [大象]
from Egyptian ’bw
源自 埃及语 ’bw