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

WORD ORIGINmarble

Origin:

1100-1200 Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A fire leaped in the hearth under a marble mantelpiece identical to the one in her own flat.
As she walked beside Archer with her long swinging gait her face wore the vacant serenity of a young marble athlete.
Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over.
I remember picking up a rock about the size of a marble, and I hit him on the temple.
If I make an omelette of your eggs or a statue out of your block of marble, that is conversion.
The word kept rolling around in his mind like a marble.
While I was there, a pair of huge marble hands designed by Larry Kirkland were being carved into life.
Would it be possible to start with a full container of water and add marbles and sand?

WORD SETS► Building

aisle, nounbelfry, nounbiomass, nounbooth, nounbreakwater, nounbridge, nounbridge, verbclapboard, nouncondemn, verbcondo, nounconstructor, nouncourtyard, nouncubicle, nouncupola, noundais, nounderrick, noundes res, noundeveloper, noundevelopment, noundome, noundomed, adjectivedry rot, nounDumpster, noundump truck, nounduplex, nounDutch barn, noundwelling, noundyke, nouneaves, nounelevator, nounescalator, nounestate, nounexit, nounfarmstead, nounfence, nounfirebrick, nounflagged, adjectiveflagstone, nounfortify, verbfoundation stone, nounfountain, nounfreehold, nounglazier, nounglazing, noungrating, noungroin, noungroyne, nounhandrail, nounhousing estate, nounhut, nouninsulation, nounironwork, nounlandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlevee, nounlisted, adjectivelow-rise, adjectivelychgate, nounmanor, nounmansion, nounmarble, nounmason, nounmasonry, nounminaret, nounmulti-storey, adjectivemulti-storey, nounopen-plan, adjectivepanel, nounpanelled, adjectivepantile, nounpillar, nounplatform, nounportal, nounportcullis, nounprecast, adjectiveprefab, nounprefabricated, adjectivepre-stressed, adjectivepublic works, nounQuonset hut, nounrailing, nounredecorate, verbredevelop, verbrevolving door, nounriser, nounrising damp, nounrivet, nounrood screen, nounroof, nounroom, nounroughcast, nounrow house, nounsalon, nounsash window, nounseawall, nounshelter, nounstanchion, nounstorey, nounstrut, nounsubside, verbsubsidence, nounsubstructure, nounsuperstructure, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbsurveyor, nounswing bridge, nountar, nountar, verbtower, nountriplex, nounurban renewal, nounwatercourse, nounwicket gate, nounwindbreak, nounwindmill, nounyard, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a marble floor

· He strode across the marble floor.

► a stone/marble/bronze etc sculpture

(=made of stone, marble etc)· Opposite the chapel is a bronze sculpture of Cardinal Schwarzenberg.

► a marble/stone/bronze etc statue

· a magnificent marble statue of Frederick the Great

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► black

· A black marble eagle crouches at his feet.· They were dignified men with stiff white shirts and shoes as shiny as black marble.· She noticed an open fireplace with an ornate mantelshelf in black marble.· The façades are in three stages in black and white marble, surmounted by a low roof and lantern.· But it wouldn't mean building the whole Store, said Nisodemus, his eyes shining like two bright black marbles.· Through the telescope I could see the eyes glint like black marbles.

► cold

· The goose lay, neatly trussed, on a cold, marble slab.· I followed on socks down the cold marble floor to the living room.· Not that cold, white marble with the grey veins.

► green

· His eyes were the milky, undersea colour of green marbles.· The floor was a deep green marble, and it went on and on.· His head was shaped like a lightbulb and his eyes were bulging green marbles.· The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds.· The nave pillars were of green marble.· But what interested Dorothy most was the big throne of green marble that stood in the middle of the room.· The old structure is cocooned within a contemporary shell of glass, steel and polished green marble.· The green marble clock on the grey marble chimney-piece ticked the minutes away on its golden face.

► pink

· In the drawing room a pair of pink marble pillars supported the embrasure of the windows.· The pink marble reception area was a monument to the vulgarity of mass tourism.· The crowd parted before them and they stared, unbelieving, at the three girls on the bloodstained pink marble floor.

► red

· It is faced with stone on the outside and red marble inside.· The second bet is that drawing a red marble wins £1000, drawing a blue marble wins nothing.

► white

· The order is Corinthian and the capitals and bases are of white Pentelic marble.· A half-block-long hallway lined with white marble columns, arches and artwork.· The white marble squares on the pavement glowed as if on a phantom chessboard.· Howard cried as she hurried down the walk to the white marble church.· Not that cold, white marble with the grey veins.· He installed 17 white marble replicas of Michelangelo's David statue where the pine trees had stood.· The staircase and walls are of white marble, with the addition of lapis lazuli for the geometrical floor pattern.· For example, Bodnar had chosen a white streaked marble.

NOUN► bathroom

· So many hotels resemble each other, with fashionable limed wood furniture, chintz fabrics and marble bathrooms.· Gorgeous women in fabulous saris floated through kitsch marble bathrooms with gold taps, trailing pink toilet paper behind them like veils.· In the bedrooms fabric wallcoverings combine with cream wood furniture, and benefit from new marble bathrooms with a hair dryer.· Mark found the marble bathroom almost offensive.· A double-sink marble bathroom with separate tub and glassed-in shower.

► bust

· The dining room possessed a huge marble bust of Stalin, but little succulent to eat.· A generous pile of cushions, or a treasured marble bust can add the required decorative touch.· High bookcases lined the library walls and stood between the windows, each topped with a marble bust.

► column

· Fine old paintings, marble columns and period furnishings add charm.· A half-block-long hallway lined with white marble columns, arches and artwork.· The interior is in simple, brick design with high vaults and brick piers and marble columns.· Only fragments of the mosaics remain but there are some interesting basket type leaf capitals surmounting the marble columns.· The fabulous Crillon, with its marble columns, crystal chandeliers and tapestries, was probably the most exclusive hotel in Paris.· At one end of the bar marble columns and curves suggest a memorial chapel with tables for drinkers replacing tombs.

► fireplace

· Over the marble fireplace was a portrait, presumably of the baronet who had commissioned the house.· We occupy the sun porch, a windowless living room with a fake marble fireplace and a dining room behind glass doors.· Inside, high ceilings, plaster cornices, marble fireplaces and a pine staircase contribute to its air of grandeur.· A black leather suite was arranged around a white marble fireplace standing starkly against slate-grey walls and carpet.· The Prince took his customary place before the plain white marble fireplace.

► floor

· The functional simplicity of the gym contrasts with the opulence of the marble floors, the paintings and the drapes.· I followed on socks down the cold marble floor to the living room.· A cleaning woman was laboriously washing the marble floor of the foyer.· We would cross the marble floor of the lobby to reach the pool in the garden beyond.· He beckoned her into a high-ceilinged room with a marble floor covered with rush mats.· There is a central font with marble floor around it.· They walked out on to the marble floor, a dancing floor.· In an old domed church, sunlight painted rainbow jewels on the marble floor.

► hall

· I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, is how it goes.· I followed him along the marble hall.· So marble halls, crystal chandeliers, obsequious waiters were going to be in.· At the top an arched door opened into a grand marble hall with an elegant horseshoe staircase.

► pillar

· The water fountain became an altar, standing on marble pillars and graced by its own fan design.· Bailiffs, armed for this solemn occasion, are positioned at the forward corners of the bench beside the marble pillars.· Opened in 1903, the building had a huge domed trading hall lined with marble pillars and stained glass.· In the drawing room a pair of pink marble pillars supported the embrasure of the windows.· A lead Cupid aimed his arrow from the top of a marble pillar.

► sculpture

· Lasers are also being used to vaporise the dirt from limestone and marble sculpture.· He heard tourists go past his door talking about the sights, the beautiful subway stations, amazing bronze and marble sculpture.· Possibly the beginning of marble sculpture should be brought down.

► slab

· The goose lay, neatly trussed, on a cold, marble slab.· On a marble slab near to the cooker there was a joint of ham and a fat salami ready for slicing.· In the Mortuary Like soft cheeses they bulge sideways on the marble slabs, helpless, waiting to be washed.· He lay on the marble slab in the centre of the tiny oblong chapel like a king lying in state.· Consequently she kept digging into the supply of tissues that Lee kept on the marble slab in the kitchen.· Our favourite photo was taken of me on the marble slab.· We were shown the great marble slab covering Arthur's coffin and the chalice well which provided water for the brothers.· Sister Martha's hair is cut off with a pair of gold scissors, she lies arms outflung on the marble slab.

► stair

· Our classroom had a chart; on it an apricot glow marked the apotheosis of a vast flight of yellowed marble stairs.· Julia Patterson as she linked arms with two other senators and escaped down the marble stairs.· He flung himself down the marble stairs, and out through the front doors of the school.· We joined the surge out through the doors and down the marble stairs.

► staircase

· There was a grand marble staircase, spiralling up to the eaves and the upper areas of the casino.· I am far up above a marble staircase past a balcony in a large room with long tables.· A marble staircase leads to wide corridors of bedrooms, which are comfortably furnished and equipped with modern bathrooms.· Flanked by the two men, they walked down a wide marble staircase, and out into the brilliant sunshine.· Karl von Bruhel, waiting impatiently at the foot of the curving marble staircase to greet his guests, glanced angrily upwards.· Ahead was a short marble staircase, leading to what appeared to be a lecture-room on the next floor.

► statue

· It should also be borne in mind that ancient marble statues were painted.· You have a face like a perfect marble statue, yet I know you are not stone inside.· Museum chiefs say the marble statue should be removed from the portico of the gallery and replaced by a replica.· This is surely not only the earliest marble statue we possess but one of the first made.· In the case of the marble statue, molecules in solid marble are continuously jostling against one another in random directions.· In this way it is possible for a marble statue to wave at us.

► top

· On entering the shop, facing you was a glass showcase with a marble top for the counter.· Opposite her was a small washstand with a coarse crockery toilet set on a fake marble top.· Berger pulled himself up, hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh.· The inlaid marble top of the gilt table in the centre of the saloon.

VERB► lose

· The runner in question hasn't lost his marbles - he's just upholding an old and well-loved Lincolnshire tradition.· The old boy had lost his marbles somewhere along the line.

► play

· The girl knelt down and began to play a game of marbles with the Doctor.· At this time, children play with marbles by themselves.· In History Endill spent his time underneath the floorboards playing marbles.· The girl playing marbles didn't even look up as the travellers left.

► walk

· They walked out on to the marble floor, a dancing floor.· Flanked by the two men, they walked down a wide marble staircase, and out into the brilliant sunshine.· We explored, we gazed a bit more, and I discovered the pleasures of walking barefoot on marble.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► marbles► lose your marbles

The old boy had lost his marbles somewhere along the line.
The runner in question hasn't lost his marbles - he's just upholding an old and well-loved Lincolnshire tradition.

单词	marble
释义	marblemar‧ble /ˈmɑːbəl $ ˈmɑːr-/ ●●○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINmarble Origin: 1100-1200 Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A fire leaped in the hearth under a marble mantelpiece identical to the one in her own flat. As she walked beside Archer with her long swinging gait her face wore the vacant serenity of a young marble athlete. Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over. I remember picking up a rock about the size of a marble, and I hit him on the temple. If I make an omelette of your eggs or a statue out of your block of marble, that is conversion. The word kept rolling around in his mind like a marble. While I was there, a pair of huge marble hands designed by Larry Kirkland were being carved into life. Would it be possible to start with a full container of water and add marbles and sand? word sets WORD SETS► Building aisle, nounbelfry, nounbiomass, nounbooth, nounbreakwater, nounbridge, nounbridge, verbclapboard, nouncondemn, verbcondo, nounconstructor, nouncourtyard, nouncubicle, nouncupola, noundais, nounderrick, noundes res, noundeveloper, noundevelopment, noundome, noundomed, adjectivedry rot, nounDumpster, noundump truck, nounduplex, nounDutch barn, noundwelling, noundyke, nouneaves, nounelevator, nounescalator, nounestate, nounexit, nounfarmstead, nounfence, nounfirebrick, nounflagged, adjectiveflagstone, nounfortify, verbfoundation stone, nounfountain, nounfreehold, nounglazier, nounglazing, noungrating, noungroin, noungroyne, nounhandrail, nounhousing estate, nounhut, nouninsulation, nounironwork, nounlandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlevee, nounlisted, adjectivelow-rise, adjectivelychgate, nounmanor, nounmansion, nounmarble, nounmason, nounmasonry, nounminaret, nounmulti-storey, adjectivemulti-storey, nounopen-plan, adjectivepanel, nounpanelled, adjectivepantile, nounpillar, nounplatform, nounportal, nounportcullis, nounprecast, adjectiveprefab, nounprefabricated, adjectivepre-stressed, adjectivepublic works, nounQuonset hut, nounrailing, nounredecorate, verbredevelop, verbrevolving door, nounriser, nounrising damp, nounrivet, nounrood screen, nounroof, nounroom, nounroughcast, nounrow house, nounsalon, nounsash window, nounseawall, nounshelter, nounstanchion, nounstorey, nounstrut, nounsubside, verbsubsidence, nounsubstructure, nounsuperstructure, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbsurveyor, nounswing bridge, nountar, nountar, verbtower, nountriplex, nounurban renewal, nounwatercourse, nounwicket gate, nounwindbreak, nounwindmill, nounyard, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a marble floor · He strode across the marble floor. ► a stone/marble/bronze etc sculpture (=made of stone, marble etc)· Opposite the chapel is a bronze sculpture of Cardinal Schwarzenberg. ► a marble/stone/bronze etc statue · a magnificent marble statue of Frederick the Great COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► black · A black marble eagle crouches at his feet.· They were dignified men with stiff white shirts and shoes as shiny as black marble.· She noticed an open fireplace with an ornate mantelshelf in black marble.· The façades are in three stages in black and white marble, surmounted by a low roof and lantern.· But it wouldn't mean building the whole Store, said Nisodemus, his eyes shining like two bright black marbles.· Through the telescope I could see the eyes glint like black marbles. ► cold · The goose lay, neatly trussed, on a cold, marble slab.· I followed on socks down the cold marble floor to the living room.· Not that cold, white marble with the grey veins. ► green · His eyes were the milky, undersea colour of green marbles.· The floor was a deep green marble, and it went on and on.· His head was shaped like a lightbulb and his eyes were bulging green marbles.· The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds.· The nave pillars were of green marble.· But what interested Dorothy most was the big throne of green marble that stood in the middle of the room.· The old structure is cocooned within a contemporary shell of glass, steel and polished green marble.· The green marble clock on the grey marble chimney-piece ticked the minutes away on its golden face. ► pink · In the drawing room a pair of pink marble pillars supported the embrasure of the windows.· The pink marble reception area was a monument to the vulgarity of mass tourism.· The crowd parted before them and they stared, unbelieving, at the three girls on the bloodstained pink marble floor. ► red · It is faced with stone on the outside and red marble inside.· The second bet is that drawing a red marble wins £1000, drawing a blue marble wins nothing. ► white · The order is Corinthian and the capitals and bases are of white Pentelic marble.· A half-block-long hallway lined with white marble columns, arches and artwork.· The white marble squares on the pavement glowed as if on a phantom chessboard.· Howard cried as she hurried down the walk to the white marble church.· Not that cold, white marble with the grey veins.· He installed 17 white marble replicas of Michelangelo's David statue where the pine trees had stood.· The staircase and walls are of white marble, with the addition of lapis lazuli for the geometrical floor pattern.· For example, Bodnar had chosen a white streaked marble. NOUN► bathroom · So many hotels resemble each other, with fashionable limed wood furniture, chintz fabrics and marble bathrooms.· Gorgeous women in fabulous saris floated through kitsch marble bathrooms with gold taps, trailing pink toilet paper behind them like veils.· In the bedrooms fabric wallcoverings combine with cream wood furniture, and benefit from new marble bathrooms with a hair dryer.· Mark found the marble bathroom almost offensive.· A double-sink marble bathroom with separate tub and glassed-in shower. ► bust · The dining room possessed a huge marble bust of Stalin, but little succulent to eat.· A generous pile of cushions, or a treasured marble bust can add the required decorative touch.· High bookcases lined the library walls and stood between the windows, each topped with a marble bust. ► column · Fine old paintings, marble columns and period furnishings add charm.· A half-block-long hallway lined with white marble columns, arches and artwork.· The interior is in simple, brick design with high vaults and brick piers and marble columns.· Only fragments of the mosaics remain but there are some interesting basket type leaf capitals surmounting the marble columns.· The fabulous Crillon, with its marble columns, crystal chandeliers and tapestries, was probably the most exclusive hotel in Paris.· At one end of the bar marble columns and curves suggest a memorial chapel with tables for drinkers replacing tombs. ► fireplace · Over the marble fireplace was a portrait, presumably of the baronet who had commissioned the house.· We occupy the sun porch, a windowless living room with a fake marble fireplace and a dining room behind glass doors.· Inside, high ceilings, plaster cornices, marble fireplaces and a pine staircase contribute to its air of grandeur.· A black leather suite was arranged around a white marble fireplace standing starkly against slate-grey walls and carpet.· The Prince took his customary place before the plain white marble fireplace. ► floor · The functional simplicity of the gym contrasts with the opulence of the marble floors, the paintings and the drapes.· I followed on socks down the cold marble floor to the living room.· A cleaning woman was laboriously washing the marble floor of the foyer.· We would cross the marble floor of the lobby to reach the pool in the garden beyond.· He beckoned her into a high-ceilinged room with a marble floor covered with rush mats.· There is a central font with marble floor around it.· They walked out on to the marble floor, a dancing floor.· In an old domed church, sunlight painted rainbow jewels on the marble floor. ► hall · I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, is how it goes.· I followed him along the marble hall.· So marble halls, crystal chandeliers, obsequious waiters were going to be in.· At the top an arched door opened into a grand marble hall with an elegant horseshoe staircase. ► pillar · The water fountain became an altar, standing on marble pillars and graced by its own fan design.· Bailiffs, armed for this solemn occasion, are positioned at the forward corners of the bench beside the marble pillars.· Opened in 1903, the building had a huge domed trading hall lined with marble pillars and stained glass.· In the drawing room a pair of pink marble pillars supported the embrasure of the windows.· A lead Cupid aimed his arrow from the top of a marble pillar. ► sculpture · Lasers are also being used to vaporise the dirt from limestone and marble sculpture.· He heard tourists go past his door talking about the sights, the beautiful subway stations, amazing bronze and marble sculpture.· Possibly the beginning of marble sculpture should be brought down. ► slab · The goose lay, neatly trussed, on a cold, marble slab.· On a marble slab near to the cooker there was a joint of ham and a fat salami ready for slicing.· In the Mortuary Like soft cheeses they bulge sideways on the marble slabs, helpless, waiting to be washed.· He lay on the marble slab in the centre of the tiny oblong chapel like a king lying in state.· Consequently she kept digging into the supply of tissues that Lee kept on the marble slab in the kitchen.· Our favourite photo was taken of me on the marble slab.· We were shown the great marble slab covering Arthur's coffin and the chalice well which provided water for the brothers.· Sister Martha's hair is cut off with a pair of gold scissors, she lies arms outflung on the marble slab. ► stair · Our classroom had a chart; on it an apricot glow marked the apotheosis of a vast flight of yellowed marble stairs.· Julia Patterson as she linked arms with two other senators and escaped down the marble stairs.· He flung himself down the marble stairs, and out through the front doors of the school.· We joined the surge out through the doors and down the marble stairs. ► staircase · There was a grand marble staircase, spiralling up to the eaves and the upper areas of the casino.· I am far up above a marble staircase past a balcony in a large room with long tables.· A marble staircase leads to wide corridors of bedrooms, which are comfortably furnished and equipped with modern bathrooms.· Flanked by the two men, they walked down a wide marble staircase, and out into the brilliant sunshine.· Karl von Bruhel, waiting impatiently at the foot of the curving marble staircase to greet his guests, glanced angrily upwards.· Ahead was a short marble staircase, leading to what appeared to be a lecture-room on the next floor. ► statue · It should also be borne in mind that ancient marble statues were painted.· You have a face like a perfect marble statue, yet I know you are not stone inside.· Museum chiefs say the marble statue should be removed from the portico of the gallery and replaced by a replica.· This is surely not only the earliest marble statue we possess but one of the first made.· In the case of the marble statue, molecules in solid marble are continuously jostling against one another in random directions.· In this way it is possible for a marble statue to wave at us. ► top · On entering the shop, facing you was a glass showcase with a marble top for the counter.· Opposite her was a small washstand with a coarse crockery toilet set on a fake marble top.· Berger pulled himself up, hanging on to the marble top and the gypsies started to laugh.· The inlaid marble top of the gilt table in the centre of the saloon. VERB► lose · The runner in question hasn't lost his marbles - he's just upholding an old and well-loved Lincolnshire tradition.· The old boy had lost his marbles somewhere along the line. ► play · The girl knelt down and began to play a game of marbles with the Doctor.· At this time, children play with marbles by themselves.· In History Endill spent his time underneath the floorboards playing marbles.· The girl playing marbles didn't even look up as the travellers left. ► walk · They walked out on to the marble floor, a dancing floor.· Flanked by the two men, they walked down a wide marble staircase, and out into the brilliant sunshine.· We explored, we gazed a bit more, and I discovered the pleasures of walking barefoot on marble. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► marbles► lose your marbles The old boy had lost his marbles somewhere along the line. The runner in question hasn't lost his marbles - he's just upholding an old and well-loved Lincolnshire tradition. 1[uncountable] a type of hard rock that becomes smooth when it is polished, and is used for making buildings, statues etc: The columns were of white marble. a marble statue2[countable] a small coloured glass ball that children roll along the ground as part of a game3marbles [uncountable] a game played by children using marbles4lose your marbles informal to start behaving in a crazy way SYN go mad5[countable] a statue or sculpture made of marble
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