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
- 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 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。 - We think the parallel illegal trade from poached ivory comes to Hong Kong and is laundered with existing stocks.
我们认为，暗地里进行的非法贸易，让偷猎的象牙流入了香港，并且被人用现有的库存洗白了。 - 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。 - He carved out a flower of ivory.
他雕出了一朵象牙花。 - The government has put a ban on the import of ivory.
政府已经放置了一条对象牙的输入禁令。 - The ivory industry employed about a thousand carvers.
象牙行业的从业牙雕师约有一千名。 - I have a large body with wrinkled skin and tusks made out of ivory.
我有一个满是褶皱皮肤的庞大身躯和尖尖的象牙。 - 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？ - These Ivory figures are so minutely and elaborately carved that the finest details can be distinguished.
人物形象在这些牙雕艺术品里刻得纤毫毕见。