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chryselephantine

/kris-el-uh-fan-tin, -tahyn/US // ˌkrɪs ɛl əˈfæn tɪn, -taɪn //UK // (ˌkrɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn) //

金菊花

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made of or overlaid with gold and ivory, as certain objects made in ancient Greece.

Examples

  • The chryselephantine papal standard rises high, surrounded by pennons of the civic flag.

  • All three wrought in chryselephantine gold and ivory; the gold with flowing pallid highlights.

  • In sculpture he favours the use of varicoloured materials in the manner of the Greek chryselephantine sculpture.

  • There are Chryselephantine statues, but no purely elephantine ones.

  • The great statue of Athene by Phidias was of this "Chryselephantine" work.

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