marble
- IPA[ˈmɑːbl]
英式
- 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
- 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
- a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and architectural fragments, chiefly from the ...
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- 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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- 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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- go insane
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- IPA[ˈmärbəl]
美式
- 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
- 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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