Definition of tortoiseshell in English:

tortoiseshell

nounˈtɔːtəsʃɛlˈtɔrdə(s)ˌʃɛl

1mass noun The semi-transparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewellery or ornaments.
（尤指用于珠宝制造或装饰的）玳瑁壳
Example sentencesExamples
- The seemingly random splotches of bold color mimicked the appearance of tortoiseshell while simultaneously obscuring flaws still evident in the body and glaze of many pieces.
- The wearing of penile sheaths made from a diversity of substances - linen, gourds, tortoiseshell, leather, silk, oiled paper - has been known in numerous societies from distant antiquity.
- Originals or copies of Greek statues, objects of gold or silver, ivory or tortoiseshell, intaglios, cameos, and vases of precious stone accumulated in Roman palaces and villas, and statuary adorned their gardens.
- Gold, silver, Boulle marquetry of brass, pewter, porcelain, tortoiseshell, ebony ivory, and rare woods were all used.
- Celluloid, a sheet material shaped with heat, replaced ivory or tortoiseshell in combs and accessories.
- It is smaller than the green turtle (length of carapace unlikely to be more than 75 cm / 30) and less sought after as food than as the source of tortoiseshell.
- Any suitable material may be used, including quill, parchment, wood, ivory, bone, horn, tortoiseshell, and plastic.
- Each little box and bottle was lidded with silver and tortoiseshell and those same materials were to be found on the numerous combs and brushes.
- It talks of the land of Azania where ‘there is much ivory and tortoiseshell.’
- Along with other large case pieces, desks-and-bookcases were often covered with herringbone-patterned veneer in exotic woods or tortoiseshell.
- They often had tortoiseshell veneer and ivory and mother-of-pearl inlays.
- It was a strange coloured little creature, speckled brown like tortoiseshell.
- There is jewelry incorporating hair, enamel, engraving, casting, and die-stamping, as well as objects made from unusual materials such as tortoiseshell, wood, and vulcanite.
- For centuries hawksbills have been hunted for this carapace, the natural source of tortoiseshell, and for eggs highly prized in some societies.
- We've also found tortoiseshell, great white shark teeth.
- Tanjung Benoa, on the southeast coast of Bali, is the centre of a deadly illegal trade in tortoiseshell and meat that is threatening to exterminate one of the world's most ancient species.
- Cascades of earls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds and tortoiseshell hatpins, 76 items in all, poured out.
- In the centre of the First State Room is a kneehole writing-desk of about 1680, veneered with brass and pewter marquetry on a ground of tortoiseshell backed with red pigment.
- Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimneypiece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell and surmounted by a figure of Fame.
- All the timber used on the building came from the Barns Estate, from the white fir floor in the bedroom to the beautiful solid elm doors with their tortoiseshell markings.
- These included shell, coral, tortoiseshell, lava, jet, ivory, and paste.
- Steer clear of anything containing black coral or tortoiseshell; both materials are contraband and you won't get them through customs at home.
- Cottier inlaid it with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl in panels depicting musical instruments and masks on the lid and nine portraits of famous composers around the sides.
- It was full of leather and clad about with some rather unhappy tortoiseshell detailing.
- Later netsuke, figures and works of art could have considerable amounts of inlay in mother-of-pearl, amber, coconut, tortoiseshell and stained ivory.
- Most extraordinary of all is a colossal pair of tortoiseshell and ivory globular vases and covers, probably made as exhibition pieces.
1. 1.1 A synthetic substance made to imitate tortoiseshell.
  仿玳瑁
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her baby blues flick over to me as she tucks some of her thin copper hair behind one ear, simultaneously adjusting her round tortoiseshell glasses.
  I also noticed that my glasses, once tortoiseshell and chic, had become wire frame and sort of angular.
  Outdoor wicker furniture provides a comfy place to take a break, and tortoiseshell shades can be lowered for privacy.
  Her eyes were a dark, haunting green, and she wore thick-rimmed tortoiseshell glasses.
  Decree Nisis should come with a guide to growing a pencil moustache for men and a floor length negligee and tortoiseshell cigarette holder for women.
  His head is round, his beard is graying blond, and he looks out from behind tortoiseshell glasses.
  If you refer to your collection of tortoiseshell guitar picks as plectra, the rest of your rock group are going to make merciless fun of you.
  She had thick brown hair that piled unceremoniously on her head and green tortoiseshell glasses.
  I was not much of an athlete and so nearsighted that by third grade I wore gigantic tortoiseshell glasses.
  He brushed a fringe of fine, mousy hair from his face and pushed his imitation tortoiseshell glasses up his narrow nose.
  ‘I really can't discuss it,’ he says, rubbing his eyes, behind tortoiseshell designer spectacles, with his small, neat hands.
  Take, for example, the non-conformist Enid, who delights in wearing retro tortoiseshell specs, thrift-store garb and gaudy lipstick and despises all around her.
  Truthfully, I noticed the broad tortoiseshell glasses surrounding his little brown eyes first.
  The diamond-patterned tortoiseshell panel, offset with faux dentils of ivory and macassar ebony, recalls patterns he also used for wall hangings.
  She had graying dark brown hair, and against the unspoken rules of rigid, authoritative women everywhere, she wore it not in a bun, but clipped away from her face with handsome tortoiseshell clips.
  You just pay a lot of money,’ he tells me, polishing his decades-old tortoiseshell spectacles across the table linen. ‘I could put my prices up to any level and the tourists would still come.
  A slip of a girl in studious tortoiseshell specs, she doesn't strike one as an obvious sadist.
  A man wearing tortoiseshell glasses and a trench coat emerged from nowhere, grabbed Croce, and hugged him.
  ‘It was started off in London by my mother's stepfather, and originally made tortoiseshell frames to the firm's own design,’ says James.
  Thus it was that, early in the year, among many other fairly dodgy frames on offer in M&S, I found myself contemplating a big pair of mock tortoiseshell Seventies-influenced shades.
2
short for tortoiseshell cat
Example sentencesExamples
- The pair inherited the tortoiseshell and white cat eight years ago and he has gradually got fatter over the years.
- Presently, they have a mature adult tortoiseshell female who was spotted astray in Kirkbymoorside for several months before being brought into their care with a nasty skin infection around her head.
- It is just a quirk that people would rather take on coloured cats like tortoiseshells.
- She is a black tortoiseshell, and is very dark but has small flecks of brown grey and ginger in her coat.
- The cat could be a tabby, a tortoiseshell, maybe even a Siamese.
- The pair consisted of a tortoiseshell and white female called Madame Butterfly and a red and white male called Richard.
- In November 2001, the friendly tortoiseshell, named after the man who cared for her, became a stowaway on methanol tanker Tomiwaka, which was bound for Korea.
- It is to a ruby eyed raven as a tortoiseshell is to a calico.
- First family pet was a lovely tortoiseshell and white cat called Pickles (Piccalilli).
- The tortoiseshell, who is 110 years old in human terms, was left homeless after her elderly owner, from Chorlton, passed away.
- One of the curlicues was a black-and-white shorthair male; one was a black shorthair female; the third was a tortoiseshell shorthair female.
- The lithe tortoiseshell regarded the offending human, then ambled toward the porch rail with nonchalant disgust and mounted it without disturbing a whisker.
- Back in our chamber I sat down upon Burginde's bed and stroked the tortoiseshell kitten in silence.
- Researchers in Texas created the fluffy kitten, named Cc, from a cell taken from an adult tortoiseshell female.
- The other is a fat tortoiseshell with a lot of white called Sophie.
- It also shared the Siamese's pointed color pattern, but in the untraditional colors of red, cream, tortoiseshell and lynx points.
- Rainbow is a typical tortoiseshell with splotches of brown, tan and gold on white. Cc has a striped grey coat over white.
- Furthermore, ‘solid colors, tortoiseshells and bicolors have a smoother, softer coat than tabbies‘; and during hot weather, ‘the tail, ear and toe tufts ‘are the only factors that ‘distinguish the cat as a longhair.’
- In several issues there were discussions of tortoiseshell male cats.
- She was just sitting quietly one afternoon at a friend's house in Naklua when a tiny tortoiseshell kitten walked inside and mewed at her.
3
short for tortoiseshell butterfly
Example sentencesExamples
- Not just the usual cabbage whites this year, but tortoiseshells, red admirals, painted ladies and peacock butterflies too.
- A tortoiseshell sipping nectar from my grape hyacinths.

Definition of tortoiseshell in US English:

tortoiseshell

nounˈtôrdə(s)ˌSHelˈtɔrdə(s)ˌʃɛl

1The semitransparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewelry or ornaments.
（尤指用于珠宝制造或装饰的）玳瑁壳
Example sentencesExamples
- It was full of leather and clad about with some rather unhappy tortoiseshell detailing.
- These included shell, coral, tortoiseshell, lava, jet, ivory, and paste.
- Celluloid, a sheet material shaped with heat, replaced ivory or tortoiseshell in combs and accessories.
- It is smaller than the green turtle (length of carapace unlikely to be more than 75 cm / 30) and less sought after as food than as the source of tortoiseshell.
- Later netsuke, figures and works of art could have considerable amounts of inlay in mother-of-pearl, amber, coconut, tortoiseshell and stained ivory.
- The seemingly random splotches of bold color mimicked the appearance of tortoiseshell while simultaneously obscuring flaws still evident in the body and glaze of many pieces.
- Cottier inlaid it with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl in panels depicting musical instruments and masks on the lid and nine portraits of famous composers around the sides.
- All the timber used on the building came from the Barns Estate, from the white fir floor in the bedroom to the beautiful solid elm doors with their tortoiseshell markings.
- Each little box and bottle was lidded with silver and tortoiseshell and those same materials were to be found on the numerous combs and brushes.
- Along with other large case pieces, desks-and-bookcases were often covered with herringbone-patterned veneer in exotic woods or tortoiseshell.
- Any suitable material may be used, including quill, parchment, wood, ivory, bone, horn, tortoiseshell, and plastic.
- The wearing of penile sheaths made from a diversity of substances - linen, gourds, tortoiseshell, leather, silk, oiled paper - has been known in numerous societies from distant antiquity.
- In the centre of the First State Room is a kneehole writing-desk of about 1680, veneered with brass and pewter marquetry on a ground of tortoiseshell backed with red pigment.
- Tanjung Benoa, on the southeast coast of Bali, is the centre of a deadly illegal trade in tortoiseshell and meat that is threatening to exterminate one of the world's most ancient species.
- Gold, silver, Boulle marquetry of brass, pewter, porcelain, tortoiseshell, ebony ivory, and rare woods were all used.
- Cascades of earls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds and tortoiseshell hatpins, 76 items in all, poured out.
- There is jewelry incorporating hair, enamel, engraving, casting, and die-stamping, as well as objects made from unusual materials such as tortoiseshell, wood, and vulcanite.
- Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimneypiece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell and surmounted by a figure of Fame.
- We've also found tortoiseshell, great white shark teeth.
- Steer clear of anything containing black coral or tortoiseshell; both materials are contraband and you won't get them through customs at home.
- It was a strange coloured little creature, speckled brown like tortoiseshell.
- It talks of the land of Azania where ‘there is much ivory and tortoiseshell.’
- For centuries hawksbills have been hunted for this carapace, the natural source of tortoiseshell, and for eggs highly prized in some societies.
- They often had tortoiseshell veneer and ivory and mother-of-pearl inlays.
- Most extraordinary of all is a colossal pair of tortoiseshell and ivory globular vases and covers, probably made as exhibition pieces.
- Originals or copies of Greek statues, objects of gold or silver, ivory or tortoiseshell, intaglios, cameos, and vases of precious stone accumulated in Roman palaces and villas, and statuary adorned their gardens.
1. 1.1 A synthetic substance made to imitate tortoiseshell.
  仿玳瑁
  Example sentencesExamples
  He brushed a fringe of fine, mousy hair from his face and pushed his imitation tortoiseshell glasses up his narrow nose.
  Her baby blues flick over to me as she tucks some of her thin copper hair behind one ear, simultaneously adjusting her round tortoiseshell glasses.
  She had graying dark brown hair, and against the unspoken rules of rigid, authoritative women everywhere, she wore it not in a bun, but clipped away from her face with handsome tortoiseshell clips.
  ‘I really can't discuss it,’ he says, rubbing his eyes, behind tortoiseshell designer spectacles, with his small, neat hands.
  Thus it was that, early in the year, among many other fairly dodgy frames on offer in M&S, I found myself contemplating a big pair of mock tortoiseshell Seventies-influenced shades.
  ‘It was started off in London by my mother's stepfather, and originally made tortoiseshell frames to the firm's own design,’ says James.
  I was not much of an athlete and so nearsighted that by third grade I wore gigantic tortoiseshell glasses.
  Her eyes were a dark, haunting green, and she wore thick-rimmed tortoiseshell glasses.
  Decree Nisis should come with a guide to growing a pencil moustache for men and a floor length negligee and tortoiseshell cigarette holder for women.
  A man wearing tortoiseshell glasses and a trench coat emerged from nowhere, grabbed Croce, and hugged him.
  I also noticed that my glasses, once tortoiseshell and chic, had become wire frame and sort of angular.
  Take, for example, the non-conformist Enid, who delights in wearing retro tortoiseshell specs, thrift-store garb and gaudy lipstick and despises all around her.
  Truthfully, I noticed the broad tortoiseshell glasses surrounding his little brown eyes first.
  The diamond-patterned tortoiseshell panel, offset with faux dentils of ivory and macassar ebony, recalls patterns he also used for wall hangings.
  You just pay a lot of money,’ he tells me, polishing his decades-old tortoiseshell spectacles across the table linen. ‘I could put my prices up to any level and the tourists would still come.
  His head is round, his beard is graying blond, and he looks out from behind tortoiseshell glasses.
  She had thick brown hair that piled unceremoniously on her head and green tortoiseshell glasses.
  If you refer to your collection of tortoiseshell guitar picks as plectra, the rest of your rock group are going to make merciless fun of you.
  Outdoor wicker furniture provides a comfy place to take a break, and tortoiseshell shades can be lowered for privacy.
  A slip of a girl in studious tortoiseshell specs, she doesn't strike one as an obvious sadist.
2
short for tortoiseshell cat
Example sentencesExamples
- In November 2001, the friendly tortoiseshell, named after the man who cared for her, became a stowaway on methanol tanker Tomiwaka, which was bound for Korea.
- The tortoiseshell, who is 110 years old in human terms, was left homeless after her elderly owner, from Chorlton, passed away.
- Furthermore, ‘solid colors, tortoiseshells and bicolors have a smoother, softer coat than tabbies‘; and during hot weather, ‘the tail, ear and toe tufts ‘are the only factors that ‘distinguish the cat as a longhair.’
- The pair inherited the tortoiseshell and white cat eight years ago and he has gradually got fatter over the years.
- Rainbow is a typical tortoiseshell with splotches of brown, tan and gold on white. Cc has a striped grey coat over white.
- She was just sitting quietly one afternoon at a friend's house in Naklua when a tiny tortoiseshell kitten walked inside and mewed at her.
- In several issues there were discussions of tortoiseshell male cats.
- She is a black tortoiseshell, and is very dark but has small flecks of brown grey and ginger in her coat.
- It also shared the Siamese's pointed color pattern, but in the untraditional colors of red, cream, tortoiseshell and lynx points.
- The cat could be a tabby, a tortoiseshell, maybe even a Siamese.
- Back in our chamber I sat down upon Burginde's bed and stroked the tortoiseshell kitten in silence.
- The other is a fat tortoiseshell with a lot of white called Sophie.
- It is just a quirk that people would rather take on coloured cats like tortoiseshells.
- The lithe tortoiseshell regarded the offending human, then ambled toward the porch rail with nonchalant disgust and mounted it without disturbing a whisker.
- One of the curlicues was a black-and-white shorthair male; one was a black shorthair female; the third was a tortoiseshell shorthair female.
- First family pet was a lovely tortoiseshell and white cat called Pickles (Piccalilli).
- It is to a ruby eyed raven as a tortoiseshell is to a calico.
- Researchers in Texas created the fluffy kitten, named Cc, from a cell taken from an adult tortoiseshell female.
- The pair consisted of a tortoiseshell and white female called Madame Butterfly and a red and white male called Richard.
- Presently, they have a mature adult tortoiseshell female who was spotted astray in Kirkbymoorside for several months before being brought into their care with a nasty skin infection around her head.
3
short for tortoiseshell butterfly
Example sentencesExamples
- A tortoiseshell sipping nectar from my grape hyacinths.
- Not just the usual cabbage whites this year, but tortoiseshells, red admirals, painted ladies and peacock butterflies too.

单词	tortoiseshell
释义	Definition of tortoiseshell in English: tortoiseshell nounˈtɔːtəsʃɛlˈtɔrdə(s)ˌʃɛl 1mass noun The semi-transparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewellery or ornaments. （尤指用于珠宝制造或装饰的）玳瑁壳 Example sentencesExamples The seemingly random splotches of bold color mimicked the appearance of tortoiseshell while simultaneously obscuring flaws still evident in the body and glaze of many pieces. The wearing of penile sheaths made from a diversity of substances - linen, gourds, tortoiseshell, leather, silk, oiled paper - has been known in numerous societies from distant antiquity. Originals or copies of Greek statues, objects of gold or silver, ivory or tortoiseshell, intaglios, cameos, and vases of precious stone accumulated in Roman palaces and villas, and statuary adorned their gardens. Gold, silver, Boulle marquetry of brass, pewter, porcelain, tortoiseshell, ebony ivory, and rare woods were all used. Celluloid, a sheet material shaped with heat, replaced ivory or tortoiseshell in combs and accessories. It is smaller than the green turtle (length of carapace unlikely to be more than 75 cm / 30) and less sought after as food than as the source of tortoiseshell. Any suitable material may be used, including quill, parchment, wood, ivory, bone, horn, tortoiseshell, and plastic. Each little box and bottle was lidded with silver and tortoiseshell and those same materials were to be found on the numerous combs and brushes. It talks of the land of Azania where ‘there is much ivory and tortoiseshell.’ Along with other large case pieces, desks-and-bookcases were often covered with herringbone-patterned veneer in exotic woods or tortoiseshell. They often had tortoiseshell veneer and ivory and mother-of-pearl inlays. It was a strange coloured little creature, speckled brown like tortoiseshell. There is jewelry incorporating hair, enamel, engraving, casting, and die-stamping, as well as objects made from unusual materials such as tortoiseshell, wood, and vulcanite. For centuries hawksbills have been hunted for this carapace, the natural source of tortoiseshell, and for eggs highly prized in some societies. We've also found tortoiseshell, great white shark teeth. Tanjung Benoa, on the southeast coast of Bali, is the centre of a deadly illegal trade in tortoiseshell and meat that is threatening to exterminate one of the world's most ancient species. Cascades of earls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds and tortoiseshell hatpins, 76 items in all, poured out. In the centre of the First State Room is a kneehole writing-desk of about 1680, veneered with brass and pewter marquetry on a ground of tortoiseshell backed with red pigment. Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimneypiece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell and surmounted by a figure of Fame. All the timber used on the building came from the Barns Estate, from the white fir floor in the bedroom to the beautiful solid elm doors with their tortoiseshell markings. These included shell, coral, tortoiseshell, lava, jet, ivory, and paste. Steer clear of anything containing black coral or tortoiseshell; both materials are contraband and you won't get them through customs at home. Cottier inlaid it with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl in panels depicting musical instruments and masks on the lid and nine portraits of famous composers around the sides. It was full of leather and clad about with some rather unhappy tortoiseshell detailing. Later netsuke, figures and works of art could have considerable amounts of inlay in mother-of-pearl, amber, coconut, tortoiseshell and stained ivory. Most extraordinary of all is a colossal pair of tortoiseshell and ivory globular vases and covers, probably made as exhibition pieces. 1.1 A synthetic substance made to imitate tortoiseshell. 仿玳瑁 Example sentencesExamples Her baby blues flick over to me as she tucks some of her thin copper hair behind one ear, simultaneously adjusting her round tortoiseshell glasses. I also noticed that my glasses, once tortoiseshell and chic, had become wire frame and sort of angular. Outdoor wicker furniture provides a comfy place to take a break, and tortoiseshell shades can be lowered for privacy. Her eyes were a dark, haunting green, and she wore thick-rimmed tortoiseshell glasses. Decree Nisis should come with a guide to growing a pencil moustache for men and a floor length negligee and tortoiseshell cigarette holder for women. His head is round, his beard is graying blond, and he looks out from behind tortoiseshell glasses. If you refer to your collection of tortoiseshell guitar picks as plectra, the rest of your rock group are going to make merciless fun of you. She had thick brown hair that piled unceremoniously on her head and green tortoiseshell glasses. I was not much of an athlete and so nearsighted that by third grade I wore gigantic tortoiseshell glasses. He brushed a fringe of fine, mousy hair from his face and pushed his imitation tortoiseshell glasses up his narrow nose. ‘I really can't discuss it,’ he says, rubbing his eyes, behind tortoiseshell designer spectacles, with his small, neat hands. Take, for example, the non-conformist Enid, who delights in wearing retro tortoiseshell specs, thrift-store garb and gaudy lipstick and despises all around her. Truthfully, I noticed the broad tortoiseshell glasses surrounding his little brown eyes first. The diamond-patterned tortoiseshell panel, offset with faux dentils of ivory and macassar ebony, recalls patterns he also used for wall hangings. She had graying dark brown hair, and against the unspoken rules of rigid, authoritative women everywhere, she wore it not in a bun, but clipped away from her face with handsome tortoiseshell clips. You just pay a lot of money,’ he tells me, polishing his decades-old tortoiseshell spectacles across the table linen. ‘I could put my prices up to any level and the tourists would still come. A slip of a girl in studious tortoiseshell specs, she doesn't strike one as an obvious sadist. A man wearing tortoiseshell glasses and a trench coat emerged from nowhere, grabbed Croce, and hugged him. ‘It was started off in London by my mother's stepfather, and originally made tortoiseshell frames to the firm's own design,’ says James. Thus it was that, early in the year, among many other fairly dodgy frames on offer in M&S, I found myself contemplating a big pair of mock tortoiseshell Seventies-influenced shades. 2 short for tortoiseshell cat Example sentencesExamples The pair inherited the tortoiseshell and white cat eight years ago and he has gradually got fatter over the years. Presently, they have a mature adult tortoiseshell female who was spotted astray in Kirkbymoorside for several months before being brought into their care with a nasty skin infection around her head. It is just a quirk that people would rather take on coloured cats like tortoiseshells. She is a black tortoiseshell, and is very dark but has small flecks of brown grey and ginger in her coat. The cat could be a tabby, a tortoiseshell, maybe even a Siamese. The pair consisted of a tortoiseshell and white female called Madame Butterfly and a red and white male called Richard. In November 2001, the friendly tortoiseshell, named after the man who cared for her, became a stowaway on methanol tanker Tomiwaka, which was bound for Korea. It is to a ruby eyed raven as a tortoiseshell is to a calico. First family pet was a lovely tortoiseshell and white cat called Pickles (Piccalilli). The tortoiseshell, who is 110 years old in human terms, was left homeless after her elderly owner, from Chorlton, passed away. One of the curlicues was a black-and-white shorthair male; one was a black shorthair female; the third was a tortoiseshell shorthair female. The lithe tortoiseshell regarded the offending human, then ambled toward the porch rail with nonchalant disgust and mounted it without disturbing a whisker. Back in our chamber I sat down upon Burginde's bed and stroked the tortoiseshell kitten in silence. Researchers in Texas created the fluffy kitten, named Cc, from a cell taken from an adult tortoiseshell female. The other is a fat tortoiseshell with a lot of white called Sophie. It also shared the Siamese's pointed color pattern, but in the untraditional colors of red, cream, tortoiseshell and lynx points. Rainbow is a typical tortoiseshell with splotches of brown, tan and gold on white. Cc has a striped grey coat over white. Furthermore, ‘solid colors, tortoiseshells and bicolors have a smoother, softer coat than tabbies‘; and during hot weather, ‘the tail, ear and toe tufts ‘are the only factors that ‘distinguish the cat as a longhair.’ In several issues there were discussions of tortoiseshell male cats. She was just sitting quietly one afternoon at a friend's house in Naklua when a tiny tortoiseshell kitten walked inside and mewed at her. 3 short for tortoiseshell butterfly Example sentencesExamples Not just the usual cabbage whites this year, but tortoiseshells, red admirals, painted ladies and peacock butterflies too. A tortoiseshell sipping nectar from my grape hyacinths. Definition of tortoiseshell in US English: tortoiseshell nounˈtôrdə(s)ˌSHelˈtɔrdə(s)ˌʃɛl 1The semitransparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewelry or ornaments. （尤指用于珠宝制造或装饰的）玳瑁壳 Example sentencesExamples It was full of leather and clad about with some rather unhappy tortoiseshell detailing. These included shell, coral, tortoiseshell, lava, jet, ivory, and paste. Celluloid, a sheet material shaped with heat, replaced ivory or tortoiseshell in combs and accessories. It is smaller than the green turtle (length of carapace unlikely to be more than 75 cm / 30) and less sought after as food than as the source of tortoiseshell. Later netsuke, figures and works of art could have considerable amounts of inlay in mother-of-pearl, amber, coconut, tortoiseshell and stained ivory. The seemingly random splotches of bold color mimicked the appearance of tortoiseshell while simultaneously obscuring flaws still evident in the body and glaze of many pieces. Cottier inlaid it with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl in panels depicting musical instruments and masks on the lid and nine portraits of famous composers around the sides. All the timber used on the building came from the Barns Estate, from the white fir floor in the bedroom to the beautiful solid elm doors with their tortoiseshell markings. Each little box and bottle was lidded with silver and tortoiseshell and those same materials were to be found on the numerous combs and brushes. Along with other large case pieces, desks-and-bookcases were often covered with herringbone-patterned veneer in exotic woods or tortoiseshell. Any suitable material may be used, including quill, parchment, wood, ivory, bone, horn, tortoiseshell, and plastic. The wearing of penile sheaths made from a diversity of substances - linen, gourds, tortoiseshell, leather, silk, oiled paper - has been known in numerous societies from distant antiquity. In the centre of the First State Room is a kneehole writing-desk of about 1680, veneered with brass and pewter marquetry on a ground of tortoiseshell backed with red pigment. Tanjung Benoa, on the southeast coast of Bali, is the centre of a deadly illegal trade in tortoiseshell and meat that is threatening to exterminate one of the world's most ancient species. Gold, silver, Boulle marquetry of brass, pewter, porcelain, tortoiseshell, ebony ivory, and rare woods were all used. Cascades of earls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds and tortoiseshell hatpins, 76 items in all, poured out. There is jewelry incorporating hair, enamel, engraving, casting, and die-stamping, as well as objects made from unusual materials such as tortoiseshell, wood, and vulcanite. Close in date to the kneehole desk is a small mantel clock on the chimneypiece of the Green Drawing Room, veneered with red tortoiseshell and surmounted by a figure of Fame. We've also found tortoiseshell, great white shark teeth. Steer clear of anything containing black coral or tortoiseshell; both materials are contraband and you won't get them through customs at home. It was a strange coloured little creature, speckled brown like tortoiseshell. It talks of the land of Azania where ‘there is much ivory and tortoiseshell.’ For centuries hawksbills have been hunted for this carapace, the natural source of tortoiseshell, and for eggs highly prized in some societies. They often had tortoiseshell veneer and ivory and mother-of-pearl inlays. Most extraordinary of all is a colossal pair of tortoiseshell and ivory globular vases and covers, probably made as exhibition pieces. Originals or copies of Greek statues, objects of gold or silver, ivory or tortoiseshell, intaglios, cameos, and vases of precious stone accumulated in Roman palaces and villas, and statuary adorned their gardens. 1.1 A synthetic substance made to imitate tortoiseshell. 仿玳瑁 Example sentencesExamples He brushed a fringe of fine, mousy hair from his face and pushed his imitation tortoiseshell glasses up his narrow nose. Her baby blues flick over to me as she tucks some of her thin copper hair behind one ear, simultaneously adjusting her round tortoiseshell glasses. She had graying dark brown hair, and against the unspoken rules of rigid, authoritative women everywhere, she wore it not in a bun, but clipped away from her face with handsome tortoiseshell clips. ‘I really can't discuss it,’ he says, rubbing his eyes, behind tortoiseshell designer spectacles, with his small, neat hands. Thus it was that, early in the year, among many other fairly dodgy frames on offer in M&S, I found myself contemplating a big pair of mock tortoiseshell Seventies-influenced shades. ‘It was started off in London by my mother's stepfather, and originally made tortoiseshell frames to the firm's own design,’ says James. I was not much of an athlete and so nearsighted that by third grade I wore gigantic tortoiseshell glasses. Her eyes were a dark, haunting green, and she wore thick-rimmed tortoiseshell glasses. Decree Nisis should come with a guide to growing a pencil moustache for men and a floor length negligee and tortoiseshell cigarette holder for women. A man wearing tortoiseshell glasses and a trench coat emerged from nowhere, grabbed Croce, and hugged him. I also noticed that my glasses, once tortoiseshell and chic, had become wire frame and sort of angular. Take, for example, the non-conformist Enid, who delights in wearing retro tortoiseshell specs, thrift-store garb and gaudy lipstick and despises all around her. Truthfully, I noticed the broad tortoiseshell glasses surrounding his little brown eyes first. The diamond-patterned tortoiseshell panel, offset with faux dentils of ivory and macassar ebony, recalls patterns he also used for wall hangings. You just pay a lot of money,’ he tells me, polishing his decades-old tortoiseshell spectacles across the table linen. ‘I could put my prices up to any level and the tourists would still come. His head is round, his beard is graying blond, and he looks out from behind tortoiseshell glasses. She had thick brown hair that piled unceremoniously on her head and green tortoiseshell glasses. If you refer to your collection of tortoiseshell guitar picks as plectra, the rest of your rock group are going to make merciless fun of you. Outdoor wicker furniture provides a comfy place to take a break, and tortoiseshell shades can be lowered for privacy. A slip of a girl in studious tortoiseshell specs, she doesn't strike one as an obvious sadist. 2 short for tortoiseshell cat Example sentencesExamples In November 2001, the friendly tortoiseshell, named after the man who cared for her, became a stowaway on methanol tanker Tomiwaka, which was bound for Korea. The tortoiseshell, who is 110 years old in human terms, was left homeless after her elderly owner, from Chorlton, passed away. Furthermore, ‘solid colors, tortoiseshells and bicolors have a smoother, softer coat than tabbies‘; and during hot weather, ‘the tail, ear and toe tufts ‘are the only factors that ‘distinguish the cat as a longhair.’ The pair inherited the tortoiseshell and white cat eight years ago and he has gradually got fatter over the years. Rainbow is a typical tortoiseshell with splotches of brown, tan and gold on white. Cc has a striped grey coat over white. She was just sitting quietly one afternoon at a friend's house in Naklua when a tiny tortoiseshell kitten walked inside and mewed at her. In several issues there were discussions of tortoiseshell male cats. She is a black tortoiseshell, and is very dark but has small flecks of brown grey and ginger in her coat. It also shared the Siamese's pointed color pattern, but in the untraditional colors of red, cream, tortoiseshell and lynx points. The cat could be a tabby, a tortoiseshell, maybe even a Siamese. Back in our chamber I sat down upon Burginde's bed and stroked the tortoiseshell kitten in silence. The other is a fat tortoiseshell with a lot of white called Sophie. It is just a quirk that people would rather take on coloured cats like tortoiseshells. The lithe tortoiseshell regarded the offending human, then ambled toward the porch rail with nonchalant disgust and mounted it without disturbing a whisker. One of the curlicues was a black-and-white shorthair male; one was a black shorthair female; the third was a tortoiseshell shorthair female. First family pet was a lovely tortoiseshell and white cat called Pickles (Piccalilli). It is to a ruby eyed raven as a tortoiseshell is to a calico. Researchers in Texas created the fluffy kitten, named Cc, from a cell taken from an adult tortoiseshell female. The pair consisted of a tortoiseshell and white female called Madame Butterfly and a red and white male called Richard. Presently, they have a mature adult tortoiseshell female who was spotted astray in Kirkbymoorside for several months before being brought into their care with a nasty skin infection around her head. 3 short for tortoiseshell butterfly Example sentencesExamples A tortoiseshell sipping nectar from my grape hyacinths. Not just the usual cabbage whites this year, but tortoiseshells, red admirals, painted ladies and peacock butterflies too.
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