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单词 have one's marbles
释义

marble /märˈbl/

noun
  1. A hard, granular crystalline limestone taking a high polish and smooth finish
  2. Any rock of similar appearance taking a high polish
  3. A slab, work of art, tombstone, tomb, or other object made of marble
  4. A little hard ball (orig of marble) used in children's games
  5. Marbling
  6. Anything hard, cold, polished, white, or otherwise like marble (figurative)
  7. (in pl) any of several games played with little (now usu glass) marbles
  8. (in pl) one's wits or senses (slang)
adjective
  1. Composed or made of marble
  2. Shining like marble
  3. Unyielding
  4. Hard
  5. Insensible
  6. Marbled
transitive verb

To stain, vein or print to resemble marble

ORIGIN: OFr marbre, from L marmor; cf Gr marmaros, from marmairein to sparkle

marˈbled adjective

  1. Irregularly mottled and streaked like some kinds of marble
  2. Made from marble
  3. Furnished with marble

marˈbler noun

marˈbling noun

  1. A marbled appearance or colouring
  2. The act of veining or painting in imitation of marble

marˈbly adjective

Like marble

marble-breastˈed or marble-heartˈed adjective (literary)

Hard-hearted, cruel, uncaring

marble cake noun

A sponge cake made by lightly mixing more than one shade of base mixture, having a marbled appearance when cut

marble-conˈstant adjective (literary)

Constant or firm as marble, immovable

marˈble-cutter noun

  1. A person who hews marble
  2. A machine for cutting marble

marˈbled-white noun

A butterfly of the Satyridae

marˈble-edged adjective

(of a book) having the edges marbled

marˈble-paper noun

Paper coloured in imitation of variegated marble

Elgin marbles

A collection of marble sculptures obtained chiefly from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin and purchased by the British Museum in 1816

have or lose (all) one's marbles (slang)

Have or lose one's wits

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