| 单词 | marble |
| 释义 | marble (once / 198 pages) nv Marble is a very hard rock that's a particular type of limestone. Fancy lobbies (and even bathrooms) are often lined with marble. Marble's unique qualities make it a popular stone for artists and kitchen designers alike — the white stone statues you find in most museums, some of them dating back to ancient Greece and Rome, are carved from white marble. High-end kitchen counters are often made from polished slabs of darker colored marble. A single marble is a glass ball swirled with marble-like colors, and "to marble" is to paint with similar swirls and whorls. WORD FAMILYmarble: marbled, marbleise, marbleize, marbles, marbling, marmoreal, marmorean+/marbleise: marbleisation, marbleised, marbleising/marbleize: marbleization, marbleized, marbleizing/marbling: marblings USAGE EXAMPLESThere is a sumptuous mosaic ceiling, with marble columns and copper clay friezes. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The Atlanta-based company stored its jets in a hangar next to a three-story waiting area with floors of Italian marble and a walk-in wine cooler. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) Two locals were arrested with a marble tablet and stone seal from Nimrud, presumably to sell. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material Hypo|Hyper verd antique, verde antique a dark green impure marble rock, stone material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust 2n a sculpture carved from marble Hyper sculpture a three-dimensional work of plastic art 3n a small ball of glass that is used in various games Hypo|Hyper shooter, taw a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles ball round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games 4v paint or stain like marble marble paper Hyper stain color with a liquid dye or tint |
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