象牙

Intriguing photographs of tusk-wielding narwhals have been released by scientists as part of research to develop a way to identify the unicorn-like whales.

象牙挥舞著的独角鲸有趣照片，已被科学家放出，作为研究的一部分去开发一种确认似独角兽的鲸鱼的方法。

Any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks.

更新世时期众多的广布广泛的象，已灭绝；体型庞大、体表多毛、象牙长而向上弯曲。

Extract 3 'Sometimes we came upon a station close by the bank, clinging to the skirts of the unknown, and the white men rushing out of a tumbledown hovel, with great gestures of joy and surprise and welcome, seemed very strange-- had the appearance of being held there captive by a spell. The word 'ivory' wouldring in the air for a while - and on we went again into the silence, along empty reaches, round the still bends, between the high walls of our winding way, reverberating in hollow claps the ponderous beat of the stern wheel. Trees, trees, millions of trees, massive, immense, running up high; and at

有时我们会经过紧挨着河岸，紧挨着那片未知地域边缘的一个贸易站，白人们从一间摇摇欲坠的茅屋里冲出来，打着很多表示高兴、惊奇和欢迎的手势，看起来十分古怪—看上去像是被符咒镇在那儿当了俘虏，'象牙'这个词照例会在空气中回响一阵子—然后又一次驶入寂静，沿着一片没有人烟的水道，绕过一个个平静的转角，穿过蜿蜒航程中的峭壁，船尾外轮沉重的击水声空洞地回响着。

Solid cherry hull planked-over in ivory and fastened with walnut treenails.

固体樱桃船体木板比象牙和固定与核桃

"When I made inquiries the staff said 'oh no, we've taken Tim Tams out of council because the chocolate comes from the Ivory Coast where there's child labor issues'," he told AFP.

他对法新社说：「我询问议会职员时，他们说：『噢，不，我们不再提供那种巧克力饼乾了，因为该品牌使用的巧克力来自象牙海岸，那里有童工的问题』。

Now many of the shops target Chinese customers with their signboards in Chinese.

喀土穆的象牙市场，目前主要的客户群是中国人。

I'd started out slow with innocent ivory satins, worried that revealing more of my skin would be the opposite of helpful, but ready to try anything.

我在象牙般洁白的缎子上缓慢的开始，担心暴露过多的肌肤是否会产生相反的效果，但是我已经准备好尝试任何事了。

Chopsticks may be made of many different materials. The plainest of all are made of bamboo or wood, the most elaborate are of bone or ivory. They may also be made of metal.

筷子可以使用多种材质制成，最普通的材料就是竹子或者木头，最精美的是骨或者象牙制成，也有金属材料的。

After the SARS outbreak, authorities reported seizing 980,000 live animals from wildlife markets. China is now the primary market for tiger bone, rhino horn, elephant ivory, live snakes, pangolins and a whole host of wildlife products.

SARS 爆发后，官方报道在野生动物市场扣押了980000只野生动物，中国是虎骨，犀牛角，象牙，活蛇、穿山甲等一些列野生动物产品的首要消费市场。

A profusion of color -- from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon to the most vivid salmon -- blazed like a carpet before us.

五彩斑斓的色彩——从最浅的象牙色到最深的柠檬色再到最鲜艳的橘红色——闪耀在我们眼前的仿佛是一片地毯。

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。