marble

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Related topics: Geology, Building, Other games, Sculpture

mar·ble /ˈmɑːbəl $ ˈmɑːr-/ noun

1 [uncountableU]HEGTB a type of hard rock that becomes smooth when it is polished, and is used for making buildings, statues etc 大理石

The columns were of white marble.

柱子是白色的大理石。

a marble statue

大理石雕像

2. [countableC]DGO a small coloured glass ball that children roll along the ground as part of a game 玻璃弹子[弹珠]

3. marbles [uncountableU]DGO a game played by children using marbles 〔儿童玩的〕弹子游戏

4. lose your marbles informalPM to start behaving in a crazy way 举止开始失常 SYN go mad

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lose your marbles• The old boy had lost his marbles somewhere along the line.• The runner in question hasn't lost his marbles - he's just upholding an old and well-loved Lincolnshire tradition.

5. [countableC]AVS a statue or sculpture made of marble 大理石雕像；大理石雕刻品

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marble• The word kept rolling around in his mind like a marble.• I remember picking up a rock about the size of a marble, and I hit him on the temple.• A fire leaped in the hearth under a marble mantelpiece identical to the one in her own flat.• Would it be possible to start with a full container of water and add marbles and sand?• While I was there, a pair of huge marble hands designed by Larry Kirkland were being carved into life.• If I make an omelette of your eggs or a statue out of your block of marble, that is conversion.• Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over.• As she walked beside Archer with her long swinging gait her face wore the vacant serenity of a young marble athlete.

Origin marble

(1100-1200) Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros

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