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IELTS BNC: 6491 COCA: 6654

ivory

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Related topics: Daily life, Colours, Sculpture
i·vo·ry /ˈaɪvəri/ ●○○ noun (plural ivories)  
1  [uncountableU]HBAD the hard smooth yellowish-white substance from the tusks (=long teeth) of an elephant 象牙（质）
 an ivory chess set
一副象牙国际象棋
2  [uncountableU]CC a yellowish-white colour 象牙色，乳白色
 an ivory silk wedding gown
乳白色真丝婚纱
3  [countableC often plural]AVS something made of ivory, especially a small figure of a person or animal 象牙制品〔尤指小型人像或动物像〕
 a collection of ivories
象牙制品藏品
Examples from the Corpus
ivory• Departmental barriers and ivory tower attitudes are detrimental to good results.• The city suits and ivory silk dinner jackets she gave to Franky.• Walrus tusks were essentially substitutes for ivory in territories remote from supplies of elephant tusks.• She tucked her ivory satin shirt tighter into the waistband of her fawn moleskin trousers.• Another example of an imported good with a widespread distribution is ivory, which normally occurs as rings.• It is the stuff of ivory towers and only clever boys and girls are expected to reflect upon its themes.• I argued in Chapter 5 that the image of the ivory tower in no way describes the contemporary position of higher education.• The ivory toothbrush is 3/4 of an inch long.
Origin ivory
(1200-1300) Old French ivoire, from Latin ebor, from Egyptian ab “elephant, ivory”
i·vo·ry noun
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IELTS BNC: 6491 COCA: 6654
ivory

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + IVORY | IVORY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤carved, polished牙雕；拋光的象牙➤raw象牙原料◇the export and import of raw ivory象牙原料的進出口➤illegal非法象牙◇There is still a high price for illegal ivory.非法象牙的價格仍然很高。➤imitation仿製象牙➤elephant, walrus大象牙；海象牙VERB + IVORY➤be made from, be made of用象牙製成➤carve sth from, carve sth in用象牙雕刻出⋯；在象牙上雕刻出⋯◇a figure delicately carved in ivory用象牙精工雕刻而成的雕像➤be inlaid with鑲嵌有象牙◇a table made of polished wood, inlaid with ivory一張鑲有象牙的拋光木桌IVORY + NOUN➤trade象牙貿易PREPOSITION➤in ivory象牙質地的◇a statuette in ivory and gold一尊用象牙和黃金製成的小雕像PHRASES➤the trade in ivory象牙貿易
IELTS BNC: 6491 COCA: 6654
IELTS BNC: 6491 COCA: 6654

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