英语词汇“west indies mahogany”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. The wood, typically a rich reddish brown, of any of various trees of the Central and South American genus Swietenia (family Meliaceae), which is traditionally much valued for cabinetmaking, being hard and fine-grained and taking a high polish; in earlier use esp. that of S. mahagoni, native to the Caribbean and Florida (more fully Cuban mahogany or West Indies mahogany); now chiefly, that of S. macrophylla, widespread in tropical America (more fully Brazilian mahogany or Honduras mahogany). Also: the similar wood of any of various African trees of related genera, esp. Khaya ivorensis and K. senegalensis (more fully African mahogany).African, Honduras, plum pudding, Spanish mahogany: see the first element.

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1660 State of Jamaica 661 Many sorts as Cead.^r, Mahogeny, Lignum Vitee..and others w^ch are frequently exported.

1670 J. Ogilby America ii. xvi. 338 Here [i.e. in Jamaica] are..the most curious and rich sorts of Woods, as Cedar, Mohogeney, Lignum-vitæ, Ebony [etc.].

1703 London Gaz. No. 3891/3 On Wednesday.., will be..exposed to Publick Sale.., the Cargo of the Galeon called the Tauro.., consisting of..Cocoa,..Brazelletto, Mohogony.

1733 J. Bramston Man of Taste 15 Say thou that do'st thy father's table praise, Was there Mahogena in former days?

a1746 T. Warton Poems (1748) 109 Odious! upon a walnut-plank to dine! No—the red-vein'd Mohoggony be mine!

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxvii. 35 He was a Turk, the colour of mahogany.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. ii. 487 The variety called Spanish mahogany, and imported from Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and other West India islands [etc.].

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 996 at Mahogany The Jamaica mahogany is the hardest and most beautiful.

1860 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors I. 185 He [sc. Gibbons] brought into domestic use the mahogany with which one has so many pleasant associations.

1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 15 Oak, teak, and mahogany should find a place in the workshop more often than they do, the mahogany being what is often called cedar, to distinguish it from the very hard Spanish wood. The softer and more common kind is from Honduras.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 2/1 The big dining-room is..a vision of walnut and mahogany.

1936 Burlington Mag. Aug. 88/2 Furniture in mahogany, palissander, rose- or satinwood.

1964 R. W. J. Keay et al. Nigerian Trees II. 260 Khaya grandifoliola... Wood typical reddish-brown mahogany esteemed less highly than K. ivorensis.

1993 Campaign Rep. (Greenpeace) Mar. 3/1 A highly successful blockade of Brazil's largest mahogany exporting sawmill.

单词	west indies mahogany
释义	> as lemmas West Indies mahogany a. The wood, typically a rich reddish brown, of any of various trees of the Central and South American genus Swietenia (family Meliaceae), which is traditionally much valued for cabinetmaking, being hard and fine-grained and taking a high polish; in earlier use esp. that of S. mahagoni, native to the Caribbean and Florida (more fully Cuban mahogany or West Indies mahogany); now chiefly, that of S. macrophylla, widespread in tropical America (more fully Brazilian mahogany or Honduras mahogany). Also: the similar wood of any of various African trees of related genera, esp. Khaya ivorensis and K. senegalensis (more fully African mahogany).African, Honduras, plum pudding, Spanish mahogany: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > mahogany mahogany1660 mahogany wood1703 1660 State of Jamaica 661 Many sorts as Cead.^r, Mahogeny, Lignum Vitee..and others w^ch are frequently exported. 1670 J. Ogilby America ii. xvi. 338 Here [i.e. in Jamaica] are..the most curious and rich sorts of Woods, as Cedar, Mohogeney, Lignum-vitæ, Ebony [etc.]. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3891/3 On Wednesday.., will be..exposed to Publick Sale.., the Cargo of the Galeon called the Tauro.., consisting of..Cocoa,..Brazelletto, Mohogony. 1733 J. Bramston Man of Taste 15 Say thou that do'st thy father's table praise, Was there Mahogena in former days? a1746 T. Warton Poems (1748) 109 Odious! upon a walnut-plank to dine! No—the red-vein'd Mohoggony be mine! 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lxvii. 35 He was a Turk, the colour of mahogany. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. ii. 487 The variety called Spanish mahogany, and imported from Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and other West India islands [etc.]. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 996 at Mahogany The Jamaica mahogany is the hardest and most beautiful. 1860 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors I. 185 He [sc. Gibbons] brought into domestic use the mahogany with which one has so many pleasant associations. 1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 15 Oak, teak, and mahogany should find a place in the workshop more often than they do, the mahogany being what is often called cedar, to distinguish it from the very hard Spanish wood. The softer and more common kind is from Honduras. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 30 Apr. 2/1 The big dining-room is..a vision of walnut and mahogany. 1936 Burlington Mag. Aug. 88/2 Furniture in mahogany, palissander, rose- or satinwood. 1964 R. W. J. Keay et al. Nigerian Trees II. 260 Khaya grandifoliola... Wood typical reddish-brown mahogany esteemed less highly than K. ivorensis. 1993 Campaign Rep. (Greenpeace) Mar. 3/1 A highly successful blockade of Brazil's largest mahogany exporting sawmill. extracted from mahoganyn.adj. < as lemmas
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