| 单词 | sable |
| 释义 | sable (once / 1499 pages) 1n 2nadj Sable is a fluffy little animal known for its silky dark brown fur. It’s native to Japan, Siberia, and other parts of northern Asia. You may meet up with a sable in a zoo or as somebody's expensive coat. Sable is a kind of marten — the same family as skunks, wolverines, and minks. The scientific name is Martes zibellina. The word sable, from Russian, likely came into Western European languages in the Middle Ages, when trappers traveled far and wide in search of furry creatures whose skins were worthy to warm the backs of emperors, kings, queens, and Byzantine priests. Sable can also mean "dark black," or it can refer to the hairs of an artist's paintbrush. WORD FAMILYsable: sables USAGE EXAMPLESThink of it as Reagan Redux: Russian sable blankets and Lear-lock at local airports. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Bongo, sable antelope, ostriches and cheetahs were trucked to the zoo’s safari park in Ashland. Washington Times(Nov 26, 2016) Dave Mahan, retired director of the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, says the snails are easy to miss because they’re so small. Washington Times(Nov 21, 2016) 1 1n marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur Syn|Hyper Martes zibellina marten, marten cat agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels 2n the expensive dark brown fur of the marten Hyper fur, pelt the dressed hairy coat of a mammal 3n a scarf (or trimming) made of sable Hyper scarf a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration 4n an artist's brush made of sable hairs 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper sable brush, sable's hair pencil rigger, rigger brush a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists brush an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle 1n a very dark black Syn|Hyper coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, soot black black, blackness, inkiness the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) 2adj of a dark somewhat brownish black Syn achromatic, neutral having no hue |
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