🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
BNC: 22348 COCA: 15149

ebony

1 of 2

noun

eb·​o·​ny ˈe-bə-nē How to pronounce ebony (audio)
plural ebonies
1
: a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)
2
a
: a tree yielding ebony
b
: any of several trees yielding wood like ebony

ebony

2 of 2

adjective

1
: made of or resembling ebony
2
: black, dark

Example Sentences

Adjective the ebony loudspeakers on their chrome stands look very sleek and modern
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The dining room features a custom oak dining table in matte ebony along with dining chairs by Yesterdays by Ed Ruscha. Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2022 Handmade in France, this Byredo candle dons top notes of delicate rose petals with rich hearty notes of leather, violet and rose absolute for intensity, along with a base of birch tree and ebony woods. Felicity Carter, Forbes, 3 July 2022 Available in five shades: ebony, taupe, dark brown, medium brown, and soft brown. Kristin Granero, SELF, 15 July 2022 The guitar company Gibson was fined in 2012 for purchasing poached ebony from Madagascar. WSJ, 6 July 2022 This individual is an ebony jewelwing, a native species well-named for its dark wings and beautifully iridescent green-blue body. Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022 In the stunning Chinese Lounge, toile wallpaper, ornate ebony cabinets, and luxe splashes of silver and rose create a stylishly soothing visual mélange. Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes, 1 June 2022 The palette is a mixture of dark gray and ebony with warm wood and white walls. Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2022 The elegant frames are made of a combination of four natural, sustainable woods—maple, zebra, walnut, and ebony. Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 1 June 2022
Adjective
The kitchen provides granite counters, a glass tile backsplash, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Dacor gas cooktop, double ovens and ebony maple cabinets. Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020 Meanwhile, the Black Cat Incident, as it was dubbed, became another chapter in the Cubs' long-running history of misery, with the ebony feline—a notorious symbol of bad luck, of course—blamed for jinxing the team. Paul Lukas, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2019 Calder would take a break from sculptures and mobiles to craft a silver milk skimmer with a spiderweb design or an ebony toilet paper holder shaped like a hand. Jennie Yabroff, Town & Country, 20 Oct. 2017 The white-walled living room features ebony wood floors and a wall fireplace. Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 15 July 2017 Today brunettes, redheads, and ebony-haired beauties all lay claim to their place in the sun. Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2014 That's owing to the fact that 10 Roam is Odin's first incense fragrance, with smokey base notes rooted in resin, but also coconut milk and ebony wood. Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 3 May 2013 Brick arches, ebony-paneled walls and murals of drinkingmonks. Anya Yurchyshyn, Esquire, 8 Sep. 2008 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably from Late Latin hebeninus of ebony, from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos ebony, from Egyptian hbnj

First Known Use

Noun

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ebony was in 1597

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime