ivories

英 [ˈaɪvəriz]

美 [ˈaɪvəriz]

n.  象牙; (某些其他动物的)长牙; 象牙制品; 象牙色; 乳白色
ivory的复数

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.

双语例句

• She tickled the ivories and broke into song.
  她用手抓象牙来打断歌声。
• Or what about the Egyptian glass and the ivories found in Begram now in the National Museum, Kabul, the latter betraying the influence of Indian, Persian and Greek precedents?
  在贝格拉姆（Begram）发现的古埃及玻璃和象牙制品现存于喀布尔的国家博物馆，后者不乏印度、波斯和希腊先例的影响，又该当何论？
• He bought many ivories in the market.
  他在市场上买了许多象牙。
• We should not laugh at the solid ivories.
  我们不该嘲笑固体象牙。
• He is more likely to be tinkling the ivories than punching somebody's lights out.
  他更象一个弹奏钢琴，而不是挥拳打人的人。
• It also has much longer ivories in its mouth and hair on its skin.
  而且它嘴里有更长的象牙，皮肤上有更多的毛发。
• A pianist might play most of the ivories on the keyboard, but rarely did any engineer use all the scales on his ( almost never her) slide rule.
  钢琴家或许会弹到键盘上大部份琴键，但工程师则极少完全用到计算尺上的全部刻度。
• Chinese pianist Lang Lang painted the ivories red in the White House at last week's state dinner, playing an anti-American song for President Obama.
  中国钢琴家郎朗上星期在白宫国宴上把象牙给涂红了。他给奥巴马总统演奏了一曲反美歌曲。
• In China, ivories are also listed as prohibited items of entry and exit from the country.
  在中国，象牙制品也属于禁止进出境物品之列。
• She is tearing up the ivories in heaven, I am sure.
  她正在天堂里大弹特弹着钢琴呢，我敢肯定。