Word · Frequency #22348
ebony
乌黑的；漆黑的
very dark black
- 1.
Made of ebony wood.
乌木制的。
- 2.
A deep, dark black colour.
深黑色。
- 3.
Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.
黑皮肤的；尤指非洲裔美国人。
乌木制的。；深黑色。；黑皮肤的；尤指非洲裔美国人。；乌木制的
In use
She brushed her long, ebony hair before the job interview.
The cat's ebony fur made it difficult to spot in the dim room.
His umbrella was ebony and looked elegant in the rain.
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。
ebony + noun
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。
be + ebony
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。
Connections
Collocations
- ebony hair
- 乌黑的头发
- She has long ebony hair.她有一头乌黑的长发。
- ebony eyes
- 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。
- ebony night
- 漆黑的夜晚
- The ebony night was silent.漆黑的夜晚一片寂静。
- ebony wood
- 乌木
- The cabinet is made of ebony wood.这个柜子是乌木做的。
- ebony piano keys
- 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。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Ebony 的 e 像眼睛，乌木黑得几乎看不见，只剩眼睛闪光
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.