| 释义 |
ebony/ˈeb(ə)ni/ n. & adj.●n. (pl. -ies) 1 a heavy hard dark wood used for furniture 乌木(用于制造家具的硬黑木) 2 any of various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros producing this 乌木树(热带柿属乔木) ●adj. 1 made of ebony 乌木制的 2 black like ebony 黑如乌木的；漆黑发亮的 [ultimately from Latin ebenus, Greek ebenos ‘ebony tree’, perhaps on the pattern of ivory] |