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    marble

    • IPA[ˈmɑːbl]

    英式

    • n.
      a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with coloured mottlings or streaks, which may be polished and is used in sculpture and architecture；used figuratively to refer to something with the smoothness, hardness, or colour of marble
    • v.
      stain or streak (something) so that it looks like marble

    • noun: marble, plural noun: marbles

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    名詞

    • 1. a hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with coloured mottlings or streaks, which may be polished and is used in sculpture and architecture the spotless white marble of the Taj Mahal a marble floor
    • ▪ used figuratively to refer to something with the smoothness, hardness, or colour 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 coloured glass or similar material used as a toy.
    • ▪ a game in which marbles are rolled along the ground with the aim of hitting those of one's opponent 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 marble the stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen

    Elgin Marbles

    • ph.
      a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and architectural fragments, chiefly from the ...

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    Xanthian Marbles

    • ph.
      sculptures found in 1838 at the site of the ancient Lycian town of Xanthus (now in Turkey), ...

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    Elgin Marbles

    • ph.
      a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and architectural fragments, chiefly from the ...

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    lose one's marbles

    • ph.
      go insane

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    lose one's marbles

    • ph.
      go insane

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    pick up one's marbles and go home

    • ph.
      withdraw petulantly from an activity after having suffered a setback

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    lose one's mind (or one's marbles)

    • ph.
      go insane

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    lose one's mind (or one's marbles)

    • ph.
      go insane

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    marble

    • IPA[ˈmärbəl]

    美式

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

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