marble
- IPA[ˈmärbəl]
美式
- 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
- 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
- sculptures found in 1838 at the site of the ancient Lycian town of Xanthus (now in Turkey), ...
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- a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and architectural fragments, chiefly from the ...
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- a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and architectural fragments, chiefly from the ...
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- go insane
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- go insane
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- go insane
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- withdraw petulantly from an activity after having suffered a setback
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- go insane
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- IPA[ˈmɑːbl]
英式
- a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with coloured mottlings or ... the spotless white marble of the Taj Mahal a marble floor
- stain or streak (something) so that it looks like marble: the stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen
Oxford Dictionary