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marbled

/mahr-buhl/US // ˈmɑr bəl //UK // (ˈmɑːbəl) //

斒斓,斒斓的,斑纹,有大理石纹路的

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n.名词 noun
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    • : metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
    • : any variety of this stone: Carrara marble.
    • : an object made of or carved from this stone, especially a sculpture: Renaissance marbles.
    • : a piece of this stone: the fallen marbles of Roman ruins.
    • : any of various breccias or other stones that take a high polish and show a variegated pattern.
    • : a marbled appearance or pattern; marbling: The woodwork had a greenish marble.
    • : anything resembling marble in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.: a brow of marble.
    • : something lacking in warmth or feeling.
    • : a little ball made of stone, baked clay, glass, porcelain, agate, or steel, especially for use in games.
    • : marbles, a game for children in which a marble is propelled by the thumb to hit another marble so as to drive it out of a circle drawn or scratched on the ground.
    • : marbles, Slang. normal rational faculties; sanity; wits; common sense: to have all one's marbles; to lose one's marbles.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : consisting or made of marble.
    • : like marble, as in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.
    • : lacking in warmth, compassion, or sympathy: marble heart.
    • : of variegated or mottled color.
v.有主动词 verb
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    mar·bled, mar·bling.

    • : to color or stain like variegated marble.
    • : to apply a decorative pattern to by transferring oil pigments floating on water.

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Examples

  • Rather than laying down layers of cells that then have to be incubated, they are using vegan-friendly mockups of muscle, fat, and blood to create complex patterns that mimic a well-marbled steak.

  • Fortunately, what is believed to be the last island marble butterfly population falls within the boundaries of the San Juan National Historic Park.

  • They rested on the marble floors that rioters — some of whom carried Confederate flags — overran just a week before.

  • To create The Veiled Son, for example, Jago used Danby marble from Vermont because, according to the artist, it was more suited to his intent.

  • Unless you’re into marble racing or Belarusian hockey, you’re probably having a hard time finding any sports to watch right now.

  • The academy has faux-marble halls, long mirrors, and gold-color-painted details.

  • Wedged between two marble buildings at the lavishly designed Lincoln Center, sits a single white tent.

  • He rests lavishly, depicted in a marble sarcophagus that stares up for eternity at the carved depictions of his life story.

  • A civilian named Richard Gabrielle was trapped under a pile of marble, but alive during those last minutes.

  • “Expansion favors everyone,” added the 79-year-old Tuscan, who started off as a bookkeeper in a marble firm in 1955.

  • Half-fed men would dig for diamonds, and men sheltered by a crazy roof erect the marble walls of palaces.

  • Aristide, aglow with a sudden impudent inspiration, leant across the marble table.

  • It is a fine marble, much too hard to admit of minute carving, but taking a high polish.

  • The poor marble statue at his feet can no longer respond to the cries of her famishing child.

  • His splendid monument, with recumbent marble effigies of himself and his wife, occupies the east wall of the Hyde Chapel.