sable
US
UK sable n: (marten: small furry mammal)
SC 紫貂，黑貂 zǐ diāo，hēi diāo
SC 美洲貂 měi zhōu diāo
He spends the winters trapping sable.
sable n: (fur of the sable)
SC 貂毛 diāo máo
SC 貂皮 diāo máo，diāo pí
I'd like this coat, but in sable rather than fox.
sable adj: (coat, paintbrush: made of sable fur)
SC 貂皮的 diāo pí de
SC 貂毛的 diāo pí de ，diāo máo de
That sable coat must have cost a fortune.
sable n: abbr, informal (coat made of sable fur)
SC 貂皮大衣 diāo pí dà yī
The doctor's wife wore a long, luxurious sable.
sable n: abbr, informal (sable brush)
SC 貂毛画笔 diāo máo huà bǐ
TC 貂毛畫筆
TC 貂毛畫筆
Synthetic brushes have their uses, but nothing beats a sable for painting in watercolour.
sable adj: literary (dark brown or black)
SC 深褐色的 shēn hè sè de
SC 黑色的 shēn hè sè de ，hēi sè de
A man on a sable horse appeared on the top of the ridge.
sable n: literary (dark brown or black)
SC 深褐色 shēn hè sè
SC 黑色 shēn hè sè，hēi sè
TC 黑色
TC 黑色
Three horses were in the barn: two paints and one sable.