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The word "marble" primarily refers to a hard, crystalline metamorphic rock, often used for sculptures and buildings. It can also refer to a small glass ball used in children's games or, informally, to one's sanity (e.g., "lose your marbles").

The word "marble" primarily refers to a hard, crystalline metamorphic rock, often used for sculptures and buildings. It can also refer to a small glass ball used in children's games or, informally, to one's sanity (e.g., "lose your marbles").

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/mɑ͟ː(r)b(ə)l/
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]大理石 Marble is a type of very hard rock which feels cold when you touch it and which shines when it is cut and polished. Statues and parts of buildings are sometimes made of marble.
  [oft N n]
  • The house has a superb staircase made from oak and marble...

    这座房子的楼梯堪称一流,是由橡木与大理石制成的。

  • The entrance-hall was paved with black and white marble tiles.

    玄关处的大厅铺着黑白相间的大理石地砖。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]大理石雕像 Marbles are sculptures made of marble.
  [usu pl]
  • ...marbles and bronzes from the Golden Age of Athens.

    雅典黄金时代的大理石雕像与铜像

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](小孩子在地上玩的)弹子游戏,弹球游戏 Marbles is a children's game played with small balls, usually made of coloured glass. You roll a ball along the ground and try to hit an opponent's ball with it.
  • On the far side of the street, two boys were playing marbles.

    在街道的那一边,两个男孩在玩弹子游戏。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]弹子;弹珠;弹球 A marble is one of the small balls used in the game of marbles.
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    [PHRASE 短语]失去理智;发疯;行为失常 If you say that someone has lost their marbles, you mean that their ideas or behaviour are very strange, as if they have become insane.
      [V inflects]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • I'll tell it to you, although you'll probably think I've lost my marbles.

      就算你也许会以为我疯了,我也要把它告诉你。


    Oxford mar·ble / ˈmɑːbl ; NAmE ˈmɑːrbl / noun 1 [uncountable ] a type of hard stone that is usually white and often has coloured lines in it. It can be polished and is used in building and for making statues, etc. 大理石 a slab/block of marble 一块大理石板 a marble floor/sculpture 大理石地板╱雕刻 2 [countable ] a small ball of coloured glass that children roll along the ground in a game (玻璃)弹子 3 marbles [uncountable ] a game played with marbles 弹子游戏 Three boys were playing marbles. 三个男孩儿在玩弹子游戏。 4 marbles [plural ] ( informal) a way of referring to sb's intelligence or mental ability 理智;智力 He's losing his marbles (= he's not behaving in a sensible way). 他失去理智了。 marble marbles marbled marbling mar·ble / ˈmɑːbl ; NAmE ˈmɑːrbl /
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    marblemar‧ble /ˈmɑːbəl $ ˈmɑːr-/ ●●○ noun
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    1[uncountable] a type of hard rock that becomes smooth when it is polished, and is used for making buildings, statues etc:  The columns were of white marble. a marble statue2[countable] a small coloured glass ball that children roll along the ground as part of a game3marbles [uncountable] a game played by children using marbles4lose your marbles informal to start behaving in a crazy way SYN  go mad5[countable] a statue or sculpture made of marble
    WDF

    marble

    [ˈmɑ:bl]marbled, marbling, marbles

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    marbles[2184]
    大理石(99%),使有大理石的花纹(1%)
    n.大理石;大理石制品;弹珠
    adj.大理石的;冷酷无情的
    n.(Marble)人名;(英)马布尔

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