Alabaster
['æləbɑːstə;-bæstə;,ælə'bɑːstə;-'bæstə] or ['æləbæ
解释:
(noun.) a very light white.
(noun.) a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving.
(noun.) a hard compact kind of calcite.
(adj.) of or resembling alabaster; 'alabaster statue' .
校对:瓦珥--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
(n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
(n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
手打:马吉
解释:
n. a semi-transparent kind of gypsum or sulphate of lime: the fine limestone deposited as stalagmites and stalactites.—adj. made of alabaster.—adj. Alabas′trian.
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娱乐性解释：
To dream of alabaster, foretells success in marriage and all legitimate affairs. To break an alabaster figure or vessel, denotes sorrow and repentence. For a young woman to lose an alabaster box containing incense, signifies that she will lose her lover or property through carelessness of her reputation.
手打:西摩
例句:
- A background and entourage and flooring of deepest crimson threw her out, white like alabaster--like silver: rather, be it said, like Death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I think I hear it cry with an articulate voice; I call you up from the cabin; I show you an image, fair as alabaster, emerging from the dim wave. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Great alabaster groups occupied every flat surface, safe from dust under their glass shades. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Red porphyry --verde antique--jasper--oriental agate--alabaster--mother-of-pearl --chalcedony--red coral--lapis lazuli! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
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