marble
大理石,大理岩,大理岩石,云石
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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.
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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.
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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 walls of palaces.