| 单词 | sable |
| 释义 | sable 1. n. 1. a a small brown-furred flesh-eating mammal, Martes zibellina, of N. Europe and parts of N. Asia, related to the marten. b its skin or fur. 2. a fine paintbrush made of sable fur. Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L sabelum f. Slav. 2. n. & adj. --n 1. esp. poet. black. 2. (in pl.) mourning garments. 3. (in full sable antelope) a large stout-horned African antelope, Hippotragus niger, the males of which are mostly black in old age. --adj 1. (usu. placed after noun) Heraldry black. 2. esp. poet. dark, gloomy. Derivatives sabled adj. sably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF (in Heraldry): gen. taken to be identical with SABLE(1), although sable fur is dark brown |
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