| 单词 | alabaster |
| 释义 | alabaster (once / 3479 pages) nadj Alabaster is a pale mineral that's soft enough for carving, like marble. In museums, you're likely to see statues and vases carved from alabaster. The root of alabaster is a Greek word meaning "perfume vase," alabastros. You'll also find ancient tomb carvings, windows in medieval cathedrals, and Egyptian sarcophagi made of alabaster. Alabaster is usually white, and because it is translucent, seems lit from within. For this reason, it often describes a pale complexion that seems to glow from the inside. WORD FAMILYalabaster: alabasters USAGE EXAMPLESThe bar is alabaster marble and so is the counter that embraces the open kitchen. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) He lugged Seti’s alabaster sarcophagus out of the tomb and sold it to the architect and collector Sir John Soane, in London. The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) He loved working with rich or unexpected materials — rare woods or alabaster. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) 1n a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving Hyper gypsum a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris) 2n a hard compact kind of calcite Syn|Hyper Mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster calcite a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone 3n a very light white Hyper white, whiteness the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) 4adj of or resembling alabaster alabaster statue Syn alabastrine |
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