ivory
英 ['a?v(?)r?]
美 ['a?v?ri]
- n. 象牙；乳白色；長牙
- adj. 乳白色的；象牙制的
- n. (Ivory)人名；(英)艾沃里
中文詞源
英文詞源
- ivory
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece.
- 他給他演示如何吹奏象牙吹口樂器。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Ivory Coast became the world's leading cocoa producer.
- 象牙海岸成為世界上可可粉的主要產(chǎn)地。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The rebels have opened the road from Monrovia to the Ivory Coast.
- 叛亂分子已經(jīng)開放了從蒙羅維亞到象牙海岸的道路。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. a ban on the ivory trade
- 象牙貿(mào)易禁令
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. academics living in ivory towers
- 生活在象牙塔中的學(xué)者
來自《權(quán)威詞典》