象牙

According to a contemporary source, it was about 12 metres tall. Zeus was carved from ivory and was seated on a magnificent throne made of cedarwood and inlaid with ivory , gold , ebony and precious stones.

根据现代资料看，宙斯神像大约12米高，是用象牙雕刻而成的，矗落在一个用雪松制造的华丽的皇冠上，内镶象牙，金子，乌木和珍贵宝石。

"Tagua" palm trees grow mainly in tropical areas in South America. They grow very slowly and take about 15 years to bear their fibrous fruit and another 3 8 years for the fruit to become ripe. The locals collect these fruit to dry in the sun. After a few months, when the fruit are completely dry, they become a white, tough, ivory-like mass. This material can be used in making buttons, ornaments, chessman, musical instruments…etc. Therefore the fruit is also known as "Ivory Nut".

集中在南美热带生长的「Tagua」椰子树，生长速度非常慢，需时15年才会结出纤维质的果实，再等3-8年果实成熟，当地人就会收集起来晾晒，待数月后果实完全烘乾，变成媲美象牙的白色坚硬物质，可制作钮扣、饰品、棋子、乐器等，因而亦有「象牙果」之称。

She was represented as a woman with a star on top of her headdress, or as a seated cow with a plant between her horns (just as Seshat's hieroglyph might have been a flower or a star) as depicted on an ivory tablet of King Djer.

她被描写成头饰上戴着星星的女人或置于她角状物之间的星星(就像Seshat的象形文字，可能是一朵花或一颗星星)如同象牙制成王冠上的象牙石片。

For doctrinaire types, who oppose all trade in ivory, the forthcoming sale is not just a challenge to endangered animals; it could be a threat to the credibility of their best-loved arguments.

但对于反对任何形式的象牙贸易的教条主义者来说，即将来临的象牙销售不仅仅是对濒危动物的威胁，而且可能对他们所挚爱的观点的可信性是一种威胁

The Goddess Sothis, Sopdet, Sepdet - personified the 'dog star' Sirius. This star was the most important of the stars to the ancient Egyptians, and the heliacal rising of this star came at the time of inundation and the start of the Egyptian New Year.

她被描写成头饰上戴着星星的女人或置于她角状物之间的星星(就像Seshat的象形文字，可能是一朵花或一颗星星)如同象牙制成王冠上的象牙石片。

"Eburnation:Degeneration of bone into a hard, ivorylike mass , as that which occurs at the articular surfaces of bones in osteoarthritis."

"骨质象牙化：骨质变质为坚硬的象牙状的块体，类似于患骨节炎时骨关节表面出现的情况。"

You can easily find complete ivories here.

那么远来到刚果，当然是要认真逛逛工艺品市场，这里还有全世界最大的象牙市场，是唯一公开合法买卖象牙的地方，在这里甚至看到了很多原只象牙。

Ivory carving:Carving of ivory into decorative or utilitarian objects. It has flourished since prehistoric times.

象牙雕刻：将象牙制成装饰品或实用性器物，象牙的使用可追溯到史前时代。

Ivory carving:Carving of ivory into decorative or utilitarian objects.

象牙雕刻：将象牙制成装饰品或实用性器物，象牙的使用可追溯到史前时代。

Unique skill as a quintessence of Chinese culture, how to pass and carry forward the art of ivory carving is also a Chinese technology issues facing the arts community. In 2008, by the State Forestry Administration and the Chinese Arts and Crafts Association, the joint efforts of the international endangered wild animal tissue specifically approved the import of China and Japan together five countries in Africa more than 100 tons of ivory stockpiles, so that our broke down more than 20 years of ivory raw materials Delivery Problem solved.

作为国粹绝技，如何传承和发扬象牙雕刻技艺也是中国工艺美术界面临的课题。2008年，经国家林业局和中国工艺美术协会的共同努力，国际濒危野生动物组织特地批准了中国和日本共同进口了非洲5国库存的100多吨象牙，使我国中断了20多年的象牙原料断货问题得以解决。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。