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单词 ebonize
释义

ebony /ebˈə-ni/ (rare, esp poetic, ebon /ebˈən/)

noun
  1. A kind of wood produced by various species of the Diospyros tree (family Ebenāˈceae) almost as heavy and hard as stone, usually black and capable of being finely polished
  2. A tree producing it
  3. A very dark brownish-black colour
  4. A black person (old US derog), now black people in general, their concerns and sensibilities
adjective
  1. Made of ebony
  2. Black as ebony
ORIGIN: L (h)ebenus, from Gr ebenos; cf Heb hobnīm, pl of hobni or obni, from eben a stone

ebˈonist noun

A worker in ebony

ebˈonite noun

Black vulcanized rubber, vulcanite

ebˈonize or ebˈonise transitive verb and intransitive verb

To make or become like ebony

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