ermine 的 2 个定义
plural er·mines, er·mine.
- an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.Compare stoat.
- any of various weasels having a white winter coat.
- the lustrous, white, winter fur of the ermine, often having fur from the animal's black tail tip inserted at intervals for contrast.
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- made of, covered, or adorned with ermine.
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- The Countess deftly steered the lifeboat, a resolute and unlikely vision in her ermine and pearls.
- The ermine was also written about by Leonardo as a symbol of her purity.
- It may be a visual pun on her surname, since the Greek for ermine or stoat is galay.
- He portrayed Cecilia against a monochromatic background, holding a white ermine - an enigmatic feature with multiple meanings.
- He bought it instantly, and then seized upon precisely such a "long white thing" of ermine as he had seen in his mind's eye.
- She looked at him, then looked down, resting her white chin on the warm white fur of the ermine.
- Just as they reached the house Jack stooped to arrange it, throwing it back on either side so that more of the ermine would show.
- When she left California her mother had urged her to take a small velvet cape lined with ermine.
- The Ermine Street passes through this gate, running north from it for eleven or twelve miles as straight as an arrow.