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be made of ebony
名词用法，ebony 作不可数名词，指乌木这种木材。
The statue is made of ebony.
这座雕像是用乌木做的。
乌黑的；漆黑的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
乌黑的；漆黑的
very dark black
The statue is made of ebony.
这座雕像是用乌木做的。
乌木制的。
Made of ebony wood.
深黑色。
A deep, dark black colour.
黑皮肤的；尤指非洲裔美国人。
Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.
She brushed her long, ebony hair before the job interview.
面试前，她梳理了自己乌黑的长发。
The cat's ebony fur made it difficult to spot in the dim room.
那只猫乌黑的皮毛让人在昏暗的房间里很难发现它。
His umbrella was ebony and looked elegant in the rain.
他的雨伞是乌黑色的，在雨中看起来很优雅。
名词用法，ebony 作不可数名词，指乌木这种木材。
The statue is made of ebony.
这座雕像是用乌木做的。
形容词作定语，表示“乌木制的”，放在名词前。
The ebony box is very old.
这个乌木盒子很旧。
形容词作表语，表示颜色乌黑、漆黑。
Her hair was ebony.
她的头发是乌黑的。
Not this
The statue is carved from an ebony.
Use this
The statue is carved from ebony.
ebony 表示“乌木（木材）”时是不可数名词，不能与不定冠词 an 连用；指材料时应直接用零冠词。
Not this
This handle is made by ebony.
Use this
This handle is made of ebony.
表示“由某种材料制成”应使用 be made of + 材料；be made by 后面接制作者，不能接材料。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
乌黑的头发
She has long ebony hair.
她有一头乌黑的长发。
乌黑的眼睛
Her ebony eyes shone in the candlelight.
她乌黑的眼睛在烛光下闪闪发光。
漆黑的夜晚
The ebony night was silent.
漆黑的夜晚一片寂静。
乌木
The cabinet is made of ebony wood.
这个柜子是乌木做的。
乌木琴键
He ran his fingers over the ebony piano keys.
他的手指在乌木琴键上滑过。
乌木和象牙和谐共存。
This lyric from the 1982 hit by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder uses ebony and ivory as symbols of racial harmony, like the black and white keys of a piano.
这句歌词出自保罗·麦卡特尼和史蒂维·旺德1982年的热门单曲，用乌木和象牙象征种族和谐，就像钢琴的黑键和白键。
Use ebony naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
Ebony 的 e 像眼睛，乌木黑得几乎看不见，只剩眼睛闪光
语域：mixed 常见场景：literary or formal descriptive writing、fashion and design color names 作形容词表示“乌黑的”时，通常多用于书面或文学描写，日常口语更常说 black；在时尚、设计等专业语境中也比较常见。
No common word rhymes with 'ebony' (/ˈɛbəni/). The -ony lookalikes (agony, colony, harmony, irony, phony) look similar in spelling but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme. In particular, 'bony' (/ˈboʊni/) and 'phony' (/ˈfoʊni/) rhyme with each other, but they are pronounced quite differently from 'ebony'.
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