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

• 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。
• The museum has a fine collection of medieval ivories.
  这家博物馆收藏着一批做工精细的中世纪象牙制品。
• The bank recently had the impressive instrument installed so members of the company's music club could spend their lunch breaks tinkling the ivories instead of grabbing a sandwich at Starbucks.
  这家银行最近安放了这件令人印象深刻的乐器，如此一来，公司音乐俱乐部的成员就可以用午餐休息时间敲敲钢琴键，而不是在星巴克（Starbucks）抓着一块三明治。
• 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。
• She tickled the ivories and broke into song.
  她用手抓象牙来打断歌声。
• He bought many ivories in the market.
  他在市场上买了许多象牙。
• Make sure you go to the dentist at least every six months or your ivories will all fall out.
  你每六个月就去牙医那，要不然你的牙齿就会全部掉光。
• 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。
• 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。