| 单词 | ivory tower |
| 释义 | ivory towerSEE SYNONYMS FOR ivory tower ON THESAURUS.COM nouna place or situation remote from worldly or practical affairs: the university as an ivory tower. an attitude of aloofness from or disdain or disregard for worldly or practical affairs: his ivory tower of complacency. Origin of ivory towertranslation of French tour d'ivoire, phrase used by C.A. Sainte-Beuve in reference to the isolated life of the poet A. de Vigny (1837) OTHER WORDS FROM ivory toweri·vo·ry-tow·ered, i·vo·ry-tow·er·ish, adjectivei·vo·ry-tow·er·ism, i·vo·rytow·er·ish·ness, nouni·vo·ry-tow·er·ist, i·vo·ry-tow·er·ite, nounWords nearby ivory towerIvory Coast, ivory exostosis, ivory gull, ivory nut, ivory palm, ivory tower, ivorytype, ivory-white, ivorywood, IVP, IVR Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for ivory towerivory tower / (ˈtaʊə) / noun
Derived forms of ivory towerivory-towered, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with ivory towerivory tower A place or attitude of retreat, remoteness from everyday affairs, as in What does the professor know about student life, living as he does in an ivory tower? This term is a translation of the French tour d'ivoire, which the critic Saint-Beuve used to describe the attitude of poet Alfred de Vigny in 1837. It is used most often in reference to intellectuals and artists who remain complacently aloof. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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