Ermine
['ɜːmɪn] or ['ɝmɪn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat.
(noun.) the expensive white fur of the ermine.
手打:雷切尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
(n.) The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.
(n.) By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain.
(n.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
(v. t.) To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
艾玛手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Stoat (Mustela erminea).[2]. Fur of the stoat.
乔治錄入
解釋/意思:
n. a well-known carnivore belonging to the genus which includes polecat weasel ferret &c.—its white fur often used as an emblem of purity: ermine fur used for the robes of judges and magistrates.—adj. Er′mined adorned with ermine.
坎蒂丝手打
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you wear this beautiful and costly raiment, denotes exaltation, lofty character and wealth forming a barrier to want and misery. To see others thus clothed, you will be associated with wealthy people, polished in literature and art. For a lover to see his sweetheart clothed in ermine, is an omen of purity and faithfulness. If the ermine is soiled, the reverse is indicated.
阿伊达整理
例句/造句/用法:
- The whole covers a crimson velvet cap with an ermine border. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Where does Ermine Come From? 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Like many other species of this genus, the ermine has the faculty of ejecting a fluid of a musky odor. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In winter, in cold countries or severe seasons, the fur changes from a reddish-brown to a yellowish-white, or almost pure white, under which shade the animal is recognized as the ermine. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Because of that change which occurs in the color of its fur at different seasons--by far most marked in the Arctic regions--it is not generally known that the ermine and stoat are the same. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- She remembered some shops--one full of pictures, one with orange velvet and ermine. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The ermine fur, with which we are all familiar, is furnished by the stoat, a small animal of the weasel tribe. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They are clothed in velvet and warm in their furs and their ermines, while we are covered with rags. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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