marble

noun

/ˈmɑːbl/

/ˈmɑːrbl/

[uncountable] a type of hard stone that is usually white and often has coloured lines in it. It can be polished (= made smooth and shiny by rubbing) and is used in building and for making statues, etc.大理石
- a slab/block of marble一块大理石板
- a marble floor/sculpture大理石地板／雕刻
- a statue of Cupid carved in black marble用黑色大理石雕成的丘比特像
- sculptures in polished white marble用打磨过的白色大理石刻出的雕像
Topics Buildingsc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- cold
- cool
- coloured/colored
- …
… of marble
- block
- slab
verb + marble
- carve
- carve something from/in
- make something from/in/of/out of
- …
marble + noun
- quarry
- floor
- pillar
- …
preposition
- in marble
[countable] a small ball of coloured glass that children roll along the ground in a game（玻璃）弹子
marbles
[uncountable] a game played with marbles弹子游戏
- Three boys were playing marbles.三个男孩儿在玩弹子游戏。
Topics Games and toysc2
marbles
[plural] (informal) a way of referring to somebody’s intelligence or mental ability理智；智力
- He's losing his marbles (= he's not behaving in a sensible way).他失去理智了。

词源Middle English: via Old French (variant of marbre), from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros ‘shining stone’, associated with marmairein ‘to shine’.

词汇	marble
释义	marble noun /ˈmɑːbl/ /ˈmɑːrbl/ [uncountable] a type of hard stone that is usually white and often has coloured lines in it. It can be polished (= made smooth and shiny by rubbing) and is used in building and for making statues, etc.大理石 a slab/block of marble一块大理石板 a marble floor/sculpture大理石地板／雕刻 a statue of Cupid carved in black marble用黑色大理石雕成的丘比特像 sculptures in polished white marble用打磨过的白色大理石刻出的雕像 Topics Buildingsc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective cold cool coloured/colored … … of marble block slab verb + marble carve carve something from/in make something from/in/of/out of … marble + noun quarry floor pillar … preposition in marble [countable] a small ball of coloured glass that children roll along the ground in a game（玻璃）弹子 marbles [uncountable] a game played with marbles弹子游戏 Three boys were playing marbles.三个男孩儿在玩弹子游戏。 Topics Games and toysc2 marbles [plural] (informal) a way of referring to somebody’s intelligence or mental ability理智；智力 He's losing his marbles (= he's not behaving in a sensible way).他失去理智了。词源Middle English: via Old French (variant of marbre), from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros ‘shining stone’, associated with marmairein ‘to shine’.
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