ebon

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ebony; an ebony tree. poetic
形容词 adj.
  1. Made of ebony. poetic
    — “A stranger knight,” sayd he, “unknowne by name, / But knowne by fame, and by an Hebene speare […].”
  2. Black in colour. literary,poetic
    — ...flowers stood beside, in an alabaster vase—exotics, that say, "our growth has been precious." A lute leant against the ebon stand; but the face of the lady wore the expression of deep and touching sorrow.
  3. Having dark skin; black. literary,offensive
    — Woona had silently and swiftly backed away; and her ebon face, Ursula saw, had changed into leaden flabbiness with some horrible fear.

词形变化

ebons plural hebene alternative more ebon comparative most ebon superlative hebene alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
ebonly

词源

词源 1
From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”).
词源 2
From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”).
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