Ebony

['eb(ə)nɪ] or ['ɛbəni]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork.

(noun.) hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

(a.) Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

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解釋/意思:

n. a kind of wood almost as heavy and hard as stone usually black admitting of a fine polish.—adj. made of ebony: black as ebony.—v.t. Eb′onise to make furniture look like ebony.—ns. Eb′onist a worker in ebony; Eb′onite vulcanite (see under Vulcan).

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