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    marble

    • IPA[ˈmärbəl]

    美式

    • n.
      a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with mottlings or streaks of color, that is capable of taking a polish and is used in sculpture and architecture；used in similes and comparisons with reference to the smoothness, hardness, or color of marble
    • v.
      stain or streak (something) so that it looks like variegated marble

    • noun: marble, plural noun: marbles

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    名詞

    • 1. a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with mottlings or streaks of color, that is capable of taking a polish and is used in sculpture and architecture the spotless white marble of the Taj Mahal a marble floor
    • ▪ used in similes and comparisons with reference to the smoothness, hardness, or color of marble her shoulders were as white as marble
    • ▪ a marble sculpture a pair of dramatic marbles showing dogs attacking a buck
    • 2. a small ball of colored glass or similar material used as a toy.
    • ▪ a game in which small balls of colored glass are rolled along the ground a couple of girls were playing marbles
    • 3. informal one's mental faculties I thought she'd lost her marbles, asking a question like that

    動詞

    • 1. stain or streak (something) so that it looks like variegated marble the low stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen

    Pentelic marble

    • n.
      a white marble quarried on Mount Pentelicus near Athens.

    Oxford Dictionary

    marble cake

    • n.
      a cake with a streaked appearance, made of light and dark (especially chocolate) batter.

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    ruin marble

    • n.
      marble having irregular markings said to resemble the outline of ruins.

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    onyx marble

    • n.
      banded calcite or other stone used as a decorative material.

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    Purbeck marble

    • n.
      a hard limestone from Purbeck in Dorset, which is polished and used for decorative parts of ...

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    onyx marble

    • n.
      banded calcite or other stone used as a decorative material.

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    marble gall

    • n.
      a hard spherical gall which forms on the common oak in response to the developing larva of a ...

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    Marble Arch

    • ph.
      a large arch with three gateways at the north-eastern corner of Hyde Park in London. Designed ...

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    marble

    • IPA[ˈmɑːbl]

    英式

    • n.
      a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with coloured mottlings or ... the spotless white marble of the Taj Mahal a marble floor
    • v.
      stain or streak (something) so that it looks like marble: the stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen

    Oxford Dictionary