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sable

/sey-buhl/US // ˈseɪ bəl //UK // (ˈseɪbəl) //

貂蝉,貂皮,紫貂,黑貂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sa·bles, sa·ble.

    • : an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific pslands, valued for its dark brown fur.
    • : a marten, especially Mustela americana.
    • : the fur of the sable.
    • : the color black, often being one of the heraldic colors.
    • : sables, mourning garments.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the heraldic color sable.
    • : made of the fur or hair of the sable.
    • : very dark; black.

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Examples

  • I consigned a pink 1950s full-skirted dress I wore to my engagement party, a K-letter sweater, a pair of men’s 1970s Lilly Pulitzer pants and a sable boa to a vintage store.

  • These pictures are “diaristic,” Sable recently told a gallery visitor.

  • Wreaking havoc is one of Sable’s evident impulses, but maintaining balance is clearly just as important.

  • Salmon, tuna, sturgeon, mussels, oysters, and sable are marinated and smoked using hickory and alder wood.

  • Other dark choices include Jet, Bruno, Bear, Sable, Midnight, Inky, and Ebony.

  • Car les Sauvages ayans encore de la reverence aux sepultures de leurs peres & amis, le vouloient porter au Cap de Sable 40.

  • There were in Greece two young rakes, who were told by the oracle to beware of the melampygos or sable posteriors.

  • Carry's tongue was unloosed as she bounded into the midst of the sable throng that swarmed about the carriage.

  • It was on such a night that a great black hulk moved like a sable monster through the waters off the coast of Cuba.

  • His mind did not run to the comprehension of the fact that he was the wearer of borrowed plumes—the sable plumes of King Death.