单词 | mahogany |
释义 | mahogany, Colours Plantsma·hog·a·ny /məˈhɒɡəni $ məˈhɑː-/ noun (plural mahoganies) 1. [countableC, uncountableU]TIHBP a type of hard reddish brown wood used for making furniture, or the tree that produces this wood 〔制家具用的〕桃花心木,红木;桃花心木科的树 2. [uncountableU]CC a dark, reddish brown colour 深赤褐色 —mahogany adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus mahogany• A solid wood stem and mahogany floors and stiffeners complete the basic construction which has been particularly cleanly executed by West Custom.• She's a beauty; a forty-foot ketch built of mahogany on oak.• Across a wide expanse of mahogany sat a man in his fifties.• The strip of mahogany has the grain running lengthwise.• His new passenger carriages were also impressive, with polished mahogany bodies.• Popular, privately owned century-old hotel, awash with oriental rugs, rich mahogany, walnut panelling and other Victoriana.• Rose, watching him across the shining mahogany table, guessed what he was wondering.• I used mahogany, but other woods may be preferable. (1600-1700) Early Spanish mahogani, perhaps from a Mayan language |
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