| 单词 | marble |
| 释义 | marble —marbler, n. /mahr"beuhl/, n., adj., v., marbled, marbling. n. 1. metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture. 2. any variety of this stone: Carrara marble. 3. an object made of or carved from this stone, esp. a sculpture: Renaissance marbles. 4. a piece of this stone: the fallen marbles of Roman ruins. 5. (not in technical use) any of various breccias or other stones that take a high polish and show a variegated pattern. 6. a marbled appearance or pattern; marbling: The woodwork had a greenish marble. 7. anything resembling marble in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.: a brow of marble. 8. something lacking in warmth or feeling. 9. a little ball made of stone, baked clay, glass, porcelain, agate, or steel, esp. for use in games. 10. marbles, (used with a sing. v.) a game for children in which a marble is propelled by the thumb to hit another marble so as to drive it out of a circle drawn or scratched on the ground. 11. marbles, Slang. normal rational faculties; sanity; wits; common sense: to have all one's marbles; to lose one's marbles. adj. 12. consisting or made of marble. 13. like marble, as in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc. 14. lacking in warmth, compassion, or sympathy: marble heart. 15. of variegated or mottled color. v.t. 16. to color or stain like variegated marble. 17. to apply a decorative pattern to (paper, the edges of a book, etc.) by transferring oil pigments floating on water. [1150-1200; ME marbel, dissimilated var. of OE marmel (in marmelstan marble stone) < L marmor < Gk mármaros, akin to marmaírein to sparkle] |
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