ermine / ˈɜr mɪn /

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ermine2 个定义

n. 名词 noun

plural er·mines, er·mine.

  1. 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.
  2. any of various weasels having a white winter coat.
  3. the lustrous, white, winter fur of the ermine, often having fur from the animal's black tail tip inserted at intervals for contrast.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. made of, covered, or adorned with ermine.

更多ermine例句

  1. The Countess deftly steered the lifeboat, a resolute and unlikely vision in her ermine and pearls.
  2. The ermine was also written about by Leonardo as a symbol of her purity.
  3. It may be a visual pun on her surname, since the Greek for ermine or stoat is galay.
  4. He portrayed Cecilia against a monochromatic background, holding a white ermine - an enigmatic feature with multiple meanings.
  5. 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.
  6. She looked at him, then looked down, resting her white chin on the warm white fur of the ermine.
  7. 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.
  8. When she left California her mother had urged her to take a small velvet cape lined with ermine.
  9. The Ermine Street passes through this gate, running north from it for eleven or twelve miles as straight as an arrow.