n. 【植物;植物学】桃花心木;红木,赤褐色;〔口语〕食桌;餐桌;蜜味杜松子酒。 the Chinese mahogany香椿。 be under the mahogany 醉倒在食桌下。 put [stretch] one's legs under sb.'s mahogany受人款待;作某人的食客。 with one's knees under the mahogany就席,坐席。
a shade of brown with a tinge of red 同义词:reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red,
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 同义词:mahogany tree,
wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
例句与用法
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He carried a mahogany cane with a silver head to it . 他提着一根柄上镶银的红木手杖。
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Then, he opened a heavy, smooth swinging, mahogany door . 然后,他打开了一扇沉重、开关灵活的桃花心木大门。
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He sits with hands clasped on his handsome new mahogany desk . 他两手紧紧抓住他那张崭新漂亮的桃花心木办公桌,坐在那儿。
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He was a cold flame of a man, small as koho, and as dried up, with a mahogany complexion and small expression less blue eyes that were more like gimlet-points . 他是冷若冰霜的人,象科霍一样矮小干瘪,皮肤呈赤褐色,一对毫无热情的蓝色小眼睛酷似两只锐利的锥尖。
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I ' m going to set it down on this lovely mahogany . . 我要把它放在漂亮的红木桌子上
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I ' m going to set it down on this lovely mahogany 我要把它放在漂亮的红木桌子上
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And her dozen mahogany grandchildren . now , now , now 有一打孙子的赛特笠夫人要好吧
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This set of mahogany furniture must be very expensive 这套红木家具一定非常昂贵。
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And her dozen mahogany grandchildren . now , now , now 有一打孙子的赛特笠夫人要好吧
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Did she understand the significance of the red mahogany 她明白红木意味着什么吗?