| 单词 | mahogany |
| 释义 | Related topics: Plants, Coloursma·hog·a·ny /məˈhɒɡəni $ məˈhɑː-/ noun (plural mahoganies) 1. [countable, uncountable]TIHBP a type of hard reddish brown wood used for making furniture, or the tree that produces this wood 〔制家具用的〕桃花心木，红木；桃花心木科的树2. [uncountable]CC a dark, reddish brown colour 深赤褐色 —mahogany adjectiveExamples from the Corpusmahogany• A solid wood stem and mahogany floors and stiffeners complete the basic construction which has been particularly cleanly executed by West Custom.• She's a beauty; a forty-foot ketch built of mahogany on oak.• Across a wide expanse of mahogany sat a man in his fifties.• The strip of mahogany has the grain running lengthwise.• His new passenger carriages were also impressive, with polished mahogany bodies.• Popular, privately owned century-old hotel, awash with oriental rugs, rich mahogany, walnut panelling and other Victoriana.• Rose, watching him across the shining mahogany table, guessed what he was wondering.• I used mahogany, but other woods may be preferable.Origin mahogany (1600-1700) Early Spanish mahogani, perhaps from a Mayan languagema·hog·a·ny nounChineseSyllable of Corpus reddish wood brown type hard a |
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