ivory: [13] As is hardly surprising, ivory goes back ultimately to an African word which meant both ‘ivory’ and ‘elephant’. A likely candidate as this source is Egyptian āb, which may well lie behind Latin ebur ‘ivory’. This passed into English via Old French ivurie. The expression ivory tower ‘place where reality is evaded’ is a translation of French tour d’ivoire. This was originally used in 1837 by the French critic Sainte-Beuve with reference to the poet Alfred de Vigny, whom he accused of excessive aloofness from the practicalities of the world. The English version is first recorded in 1911.
ivory (n.)
mid-13c. (late 12c. as a surname), Anglo-French ivorie, from Old North French ivurie (12c.), from Latin eboreus "of ivory," from ebur (genitive eboris) "ivory," probably via Phoenician from an African source (compare Egyptian ab "elephant," Coptic ebu "ivory"). Replaced Old English elpendban, literally "elephant bone." Applied in slang to articles made from it, such as dice (1830) and piano keys (1854). As a color, especially in reference to human skin, it is attested from 1580s. Ivories as slang for "teeth" dates from 1782. Related: Ivoried.
ivory 英文释义
1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
ivory 双语例句
1. He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece.
他给他演示如何吹奏象牙吹口乐器。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
4. a ban on the ivory trade
象牙贸易禁令
来自《权威词典》
5. academics living in ivory towers
生活在象牙塔中的学者
来自《权威词典》
ivory 实用场景例句
a ban on the ivory trade
象牙贸易禁令
牛津词典
an ivory chess set
一副象牙国际象棋
牛津词典
...the international ban on the sale of ivory.
禁止销售象牙的国际禁令
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...intricate ivory carvings.
精致的象牙雕刻品
柯林斯高阶英语词典
They were composed of oddly familiar pieces of ivory.
它们是用几片小象牙制作的,看着眼熟得奇怪.
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But some parts of the ivory tower have proved harder to occupy than others.
但象牙塔的某些部分确实比之其他部分更难到达.
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Variegated medium green, ivory and rose. Standard.
中绿色, 象牙色和玫瑰色组合成的斑叶. 标准型.
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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.
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The professor lived in an ivory tower.
这个教授生活在象牙塔中.
辞典例句
The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.
象牙海鸥经常跟在北极熊的后面吃剩下的海豹尸体.
《简明英汉词典》
Xiao Yu is like a princess who lives in an ivory tower.
小玉就象个一直生活在象牙之塔里的公主.
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Caption: shop owner displays carved ivory items at his antique shop in Hanoi, Vietnam.
描述: 在越南河内市一家古玩店老板展示他店里的象牙雕刻品.
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A university will never be an ivory tower of the world.
大学绝不应当成为社会中的象牙塔.
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Ivory Dickerson pleaded guilty in 2007 and possessing child pornography.
迪克森于2007年因出版占有儿童色情读物被捕入狱.
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They tumbled for these ivory carvings.
他们简直被这些牙雕迷住了.
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Accidentally, I saw on TV the fowl run of chicken, various colors, red, ivory and lovely.
无意中, 我在电视上看到了养鸡场的小鸡, 各种各样,五颜六色, 有红的, 乳白色,可爱极了.
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It is carved from ivory.
它是用象牙雕成的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The panel had a veneer of gold and ivory.
这木板上面镶饰了一层金和象牙.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.
我祖母有一些象牙首饰.
《简明英汉词典》
What exquisite [ delicate ] ivory carvings these are!
这几件 象牙 雕刻做得真细!
《现代汉英综合大词典》
My shirt is more ivory colour than white.
我的衬衣与其说是白色的,不如说是乳白色的.
《简明英汉词典》
a ban on the ivory trade
象牙贸易禁令
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
academics living in ivory towers
生活在象牙塔中的学者
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Each piece is unique, an exquisite painting of a real person, done on ivory.
每一件艺术品都是绘在象牙上的精美绝伦的真人肖像，都是独一无二的。
柯林斯例句
He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece.
他给他演示如何吹奏象牙吹口乐器。
柯林斯例句
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。
柯林斯例句
The rebels have opened the road from Monrovia to the Ivory Coast.
