单词 | ivorist |
释义 | ivory /īˈvə-ri/noun
Made of, resembling, or of the colour of, ivory ORIGIN: OFr ivurie (Fr ivoire), from L ebur, eboris ivory; Coptic ebu elephant, ivory iˈvoried adjective
iˈvorist noun A worker in ivory iˈvory-black noun A black pigment, a powder, orig made from burnt ivory, but now from bone ivory gate see under gate1 iˈvory-nut noun The nut of the S American palm Phytelephas or other palm, yielding vegetable ivory a substance like ivory iˈvory-palm noun A low-growing S American palm yielding the ivory nut ivory-porˈcelain noun A fine ware with an ivory-white glaze ivory tower noun (figurative)
ivory-towˈered adjective iˈvory-tree noun The palay show one's ivories (slang) To show the teeth tickle the ivories (informal) To play the piano |
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