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Mahogany

英式发音:[mə'hɒgənɪ] or [mə'hɑgəni] 美式发音

    (noun.) any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish.

    (noun.) wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture.

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Mahogany

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  • A spare parlour and bedroom I refurnished entirely, with old mahogany and crimson upholstery: I laid canvas on the passage, and carpets on the stairs. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
  • Carriages and opera-boxes, thought he; fancy being seen in them by the side of such a mahogany charmer as that! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
  • He pointed, as he spoke, to several portfolios placed near the window, on mahogany stands. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
  • Beside her was a mahogany stand bearing a cast bronze lamp with an engraved globe, over which a green paper shade had been balanced. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
  • In the large shining mahogany escritoire Mr. Osborne had a drawer especially devoted to his son's affairs and papers. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
  • Brunel, in 1805-1808, devised a set of circular saws run by a steam engine, which cut sheets of rosewood and mahogany, one-fourteenth of an inch thick, with great speed and accuracy. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
  • Yorkshire people in those days took their tea round the table, sitting well into it, with their knees duly introduced under the mahogany. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
  • Going round to the terrace, I found three mahogany-coloured Indians, in white linen frocks and trousers, looking up at the house. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
  • That mahogany image is jealous, Maurice, he said, throwing himself back in his chair. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
  • Better she, my dear, than a black Mrs. Sedley, and a dozen of mahogany grandchildren. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
  • Old Mr. Letterblair, the accredited legal adviser of three generations of New York gentility, throned behind his mahogany desk in evident perplexity. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
  • In making a high-grade cue, a choice piece of imported wood, such as ebony, mahogany, or rosewood, is cut into blocks about three inches square and twenty inches long. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
  • Secretaire, you see, and abstruse set of solid mahogany pigeon-holes, one for every letter of the alphabet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
  • The remainder of the woodwork is finished in its natural color except the gutters, which are stained mahogany and shellaced. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
  • I sat on the high stool before the pleasant mahogany, the brass and the mirrors and did not think at all. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

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