alabastrine

/al-uh-bas-ter, -bah-ster/US // ˈæl əˌbæs tər, -ˌbɑ stər //UK // (ˈæləˌbɑːstə, -ˌbæstə) //

阿拉巴斯特林,阿尔巴斯特林,阿拉巴斯坦,阿拉巴斯特里因

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n.名词 noun

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- : a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
- : Also called Oriental alabaster. a variety of calcite, often banded, used or sold as alabaster.

adj.形容词 adjective

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Also al·a·bas·trine [al-uh-bas-trin]. /ˌæl əˈbæs trɪn/.
- : made of alabaster: an alabaster column.
- : resembling alabaster; smooth and white: her alabaster throat.

as inalabaster

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See also the vignette on title page, copied from an alabaster slab in the Collegio Romano, originally from the Catacombs.
This day Mrs. Russell did give my wife a very fine St. George, in alabaster, which will set out my wife's closett mightily.
Round the chapel, known as the Dean's Chapel, there was a fine copper railing decorated with small alabaster figures.
The form stretched its lovely arms, white as alabaster, and presently the hands rubbed a pair of sleepy eyes.
An elegant monument of alabaster, with a bust of Pepys, taken from his portrait in the National Gallery, was unveiled in 1884.