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单词 mahogany
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mahogany

(məhɒgəni)
uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Mahogany is a dark reddish-brown wood that is used to make furniture.
...mahogany tables and chairs.

mahogany in British English

(məˈhɒɡənɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -nies
1. 
any of various tropical American trees of the meliaceous genus Swietenia, esp S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, valued for their hard reddish-brown wood
2. 
any of several trees with similar wood, such as African mahogany (genus Khaya) and Philippine mahogany (genus Shorea)
3. 
a. 
the wood of any of these trees
See also acajou (sense 2)
b. 
(as modifier)
a mahogany table
4. 
a. 
a reddish-brown colour
b. 
(as modifier)
mahogany skin
Word origin
C17: origin obscure

mahogany in American English

(məˈhɑgəni; məˈhɔgəni)
nounWord forms: plural maˈhoganies
1. 
a. 
any of a genus (Swietenia) of tropical trees of the mahogany family, with dark, heavy heartwood
b. 
the wood of any of these trees; esp., the hard, reddish-brown to yellow wood of a tropical American tree (S. mahogani), valued for furniture, interior finishing, and cabinetwork
2. 
a. 
any of various trees of this family having similar wood, as any of several Africantrees (genus Khaya)
b. 
any of various trees of other families having similar wood, as a Philippine mahoganyor certain eucalyptus trees
c. 
the wood of any of these trees
3. 
reddish brown
adjective
4. 
designating a family (Meliaceae, order Sapindales) of chiefly tropical, dicotyledonous plants, including baywood and chinaberry
5. 
made of mahogany
6. 
reddish-brown
Word origin
earlier mohogeney < ?

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Examples of 'mahogany' in a sentence
mahogany

I sit on the other side of the room facing him over his mahogany desk.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
You will find them in moody mahogany colours or shot with pink or green.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His rambling eyes quickly alighted on the ring that sparkled on the bit of dark mahogany.
George Eliot Daniel Deronda (1876)
He caught the bird and tied its leg to a mahogany table and left again.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
During the interview we all sat at the mahogany table over tea and biscuits.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Usually, only the rich and famous manage to go behind the imposing mahogany doors.
The Sun (2007)
They have mahogany furniture, floral fabrics.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The house has many original features, including extensive wood panelling and solid mahogany doors.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Standing beside him is a muscular, uniformed old salt with a face the colour of mahogany.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Behind huge mahogany doors, the quirky redesign plays with fantasy and reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A new stall sells properly hung beef which is marbled in fat and looks almost mahogany in colour.
Joanna Blythman Bad Food Britain (2006)
She recently bought a mahogany dining table for her new house in Gloucestershire that turned out to be a disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The hall opens on to a stunning dining room lined with portraits and with a polished mahogany table ready for 12 diners.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Gone was the staid decor and mahogany wood typical of the menswear shops on Shaftesbury Avenue.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Inside is a 17th-century oak staircase, mahogany doors and plaster reliefs.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's a red mahogany in colour, like venison.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She is having her portrait taken when I arrive, standing by a mahogany dining table.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The front and corner rooms get so much sun, when there is sun, that mahogany doors and tables bleach to a pale tan.
Keane, Molly & Phipps, Sally Molly Keane's Ireland (1993)
Each room was tastefully fitted with mahogany furniture and comfortable upper and lower berths, with sofa beds providing the "odd berth", as needed.
Eaton, John P & Haas, Charles A Titanic - Destination disaster (1987)

Word lists with
mahogany

tree, wood

In other languages
mahogany

British English: mahogany /məˈhɒɡənɪ/ NOUN
Mahogany is a dark reddish-brown wood that is used to make furniture.
...mahogany tables and chairs.
  • American English: mahogany
  • Arabic: ماهُوجِنِي
  • Brazilian Portuguese: mogno
  • Chinese: 桃木
  • Croatian: mahagonij
  • Czech: mahagon dřevo
  • Danish: mahogni
  • Dutch: mahonieboom
  • European Spanish: caoba
  • Finnish: mahonki
  • French: acajou
  • German: Mahagoni
  • Greek: μαόνι
  • Italian: mogano
  • Japanese: マホガニー
  • Korean: 마호가니
  • Norwegian: mahogny
  • Polish: mahoń
  • European Portuguese: mogno
  • Romanian: mahon
  • Russian: красное дерево
  • Latin American Spanish: caoba
  • Swedish: mahogny
  • Thai: ต้นมะฮอกกานี
  • Turkish: maun
  • Ukrainian: червоне дерево
  • Vietnamese: gỗ Mahogany

Definition of 'mahogany'

Chinese translation of 'mahogany'

mahogany

(məˈhɔɡənɪ)

n (u)

  1. 红(紅)木 (hóngmù)

cpd

  1. [table, desk] 红(紅)木 (hóngmù)
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