ivory

US [ˈaɪvəri]
UK [ˈaɪvəri]
  • n.象牙；象牙色；(河马,独角鱼的)牙齿；象牙雕制品
  • adj.象牙制的；乳白色的
  • Web象牙白；象牙黄；象牙白色
Plural Form：ivories  

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Ivory
n.
1.
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象牙；（某些其他动物的）长牙a hard yellowish-white substance like bone that forms the tusks (= long teeth) of elephants and some other animals
a ban on the ivory trade
象牙贸易禁令
an ivory chess set
一副象牙国际象棋
2.
[c]
象牙制品an object made of ivory
3.
[u]
象牙色；乳白色a yellowish-white colour

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1.
They were both a little worse for wear, with Ms. Burnett sporting a six-inch wine stain on the front of her ivory dress.
他俩都穿的挺糟糕，伯内特小姐穿着一条象牙白的裙子，前面有六英寸的酒渍。
tā liǎ dōu chuān de tǐng zāo gāo , bó nèi tè xiǎo jiě chuān zhe yī tiáo xiàng yá bái de qún zǐ , qián mian yǒu liù yīng cùn de jiǔ zì 。
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After nine years at Bell labs, I decided to leave that warm, cozy ivory tower for what I considered to be the "real world, " a university.
在贝尔实验室待了9年后，我决定离开这个温暖舒适的象牙塔，走进我眼中的“真实世界”——大学。
zài bèi ěr shí yàn shì dāi le jiǔ nián hòu , wǒ jué dìng lí kāi zhè ge wēn nuǎn shū shì de xiàng yá tǎ , zǒu jìn wǒ yǎn zhōng de " zhēn shí shì jiè " —— dà xué 。
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The laboratory is his tower of ivory for him, in there he could be desirable to explore theory science .
对他来说，实验室是他的象牙塔，在那里他可以诚心如意的探索理论科学。
duì tā lái shuō , shí yàn shì shì tā de xiàng yá tǎ , zài nà li tā kě yǐ chéng xīn rú yì de tàn suǒ lǐ lùn kē xué 。
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4.
The only thing aunt Badri did not want to part with was an ivory figurine of the White Tara to which she was inordinately attached.
巴德丽姨妈唯一不肯舍弃的是一个白色象牙度母（女菩萨），对她满是依恋。
bā dé lì yí mā wéi yī bù kěn shě qì de shì yī gè bái sè xiàng yá dù mǔ ( nǚ pú sà ) , duì tā mǎn shì yī liàn 。
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Gone are the days when the university was an ivory tower in which scholars pursued knowledge as an end rather than a means to an end.
从前，大学是一个象牙塔，学者追求的是学问本身而不是把学问作为达到目的的手段，但这样的时代已经一去不复返了。
cóng qián , dà xué shì yī gè xiàng yá tǎ , xué zhě zhuī qiú de shì xué wèn běn shēn ér bú shì bǎ xué wèn zuò wéi dá dào mù dì de shǒu duàn , dàn zhè yàng de shí dài yǐ jīng yí qù bú fù fǎn le 。
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Elsewhere, legal shipments of ivory have been used to smuggle illegal ivory.
在其它地区，合法的象牙出货船被用来走私非法象牙。
zài qí tā dì qū , hé fǎ de xiàng yá chū huò chuán bèi yòng lái zǒu sī fēi fǎ xiàng yá 。
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After nine years at Bell la , I decided to leave that warm, cozy ivory tower for what I co idered to be the "real world, " a university.
在贝尔实验室高效率开关电源设计待了9年后，我决定离开这个温暖舒高效率适的象牙塔，走进我眼中的“真高效率学习实世界”——大学。
zài bèi ěr shí yàn shì gāo xiào lǜ kāi guān diàn yuán shè jì dāi le jiǔ nián hòu , wǒ jué dìng lí kāi zhè ge wēn nuǎn shū gāo xiào lǜ shì de xiàng yá tǎ , zǒu jìn wǒ yǎn zhōng de " zhēn gāo xiào lǜ xué xí shí shì jiè " —— dà xué 。
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We like to say out of the ivory tower, but China has no ivory tower.
我们喜欢说走出象牙塔，但中国根本没有象牙塔。
wǒ men xǐ huan shuō zǒu chū xiàng yá tǎ , dàn zhōng guó gēn běn méi yǒu xiàng yá tǎ 。
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Change the color of your carpet and bedspreads into ivory white and that of your ceiling lamps into light green.
所以，把地毯、床罩都换成淡雅的象牙白，顶灯的颜色也换成淡绿色。
suǒ yǐ , bǎ dì tǎn 、 chuáng zhào dōu huàn chéng dàn yǎ de xiàng yá bái , dǐng dēng de yán sè yě huàn chéng dàn lǜ sè 。
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10.
His flesh must be very cold cold as ivory. . . I would look closer at him.
他的肉体一定十分冰凉，凉得就像象牙，我要好好看看他。
tā de ròu tǐ yí dìng shí fēn bīng liáng , liáng de jiù xiàng xiàng yá , wǒ yào hǎo hǎo kàn kan tā 。
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