alabaster
alabaster 英 [ˈæləbɑ:stə(r)] 美 [ˈæləbæstə(r)]
adj. 雪花石膏制的；光洁雪白的 n. 雪花石膏
名词复数:alabasters
- Alabaster is a pale mineral that's soft enough for carving, like marble. In museums, you're likely to see statues and vases carved from alabaster.
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- adj. 雪花石膏制的；光洁雪白的
- n. 雪花石膏
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1. The walls were of white alabaster, set here and there with blue and green tiles.
白色雪花石膏的墙壁，到处贴着蓝色绿色的瓷砖。
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2. Beyond the cliffs, the land lay in great gashes, the results of erosion and alabaster mines old and new.
在悬崖之外，大地显示出处处伤痕，到处都是新的老的侵蚀和雪花石膏开采矿留下的痕迹。
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3. This building is still occupied by the descendants of Giuseppe Viti (1816-60), a merchant who travelled the world selling Volterra's most famous commodity – alabaster.
现在这幢建筑仍然被朱塞佩-维提（1816-60）的后裔所拥有，朱塞佩-维提是环游世界出售沃尔泰拉最著名的商品——雪花石膏——的商人。
- alabaster (n.) "translucent, whitish, marble-like mineral used for vases, ornaments, and busts," late 14c., from Old French alabastre (12c., Modern French albâtre), from Latin alabaster "colored rock used to make boxes and vessels for unguents," from later Greek alabastros (earlier albastos) "vase for perfumes," probably a foreign word, perhaps from Egyptian 'a-labaste "vessel of the goddess Bast." Used figuratively for whiteness and smoothness from 1570s. "The spelling in 16-17th c. is almost always alablaster ..." [OED].
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