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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

    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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    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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    lose one's mind (or 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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    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