Definition of marble in English:

marble

noun ˈmɑːb(ə)lˈmɑrbəl

1mass noun A hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with coloured mottlings or streaks, which may be polished and is used in sculpture and architecture.
大理石
the spotless white marble of the Taj Mahal
as modifier a marble floor
Example sentencesExamples
- He has the kind of idealized face that's made to be observed in repose, like he was a painting or a sculpture in cool white marble or something.
- He glanced around his master suite room; the floor was blue and white marble.
- The most handsome and timeless of materials is stone such as marble, granite, limestone, or slate.
- All buildings were built of the same white stone, possibly limestone or marble.
- The room was painted pearl white which happened to match the polished marble floor.
- Pat and his staff also work with a number of quarries to allow them get limestone and marble directly at the most competitive price.
- Below the glacier lies granite, seamed through with limestone and marble which the constant rush of meltwater has honeycombed with caves.
- She had changed the design plans for her floor from black marble to white marble - they never saw it coming.
- Its highly polished surfaces were a pearl white marble with veins of soft grey.
- Most sculpture is carved in white marble and often is displayed in palaces and public buildings.
- Internally there is a mosaic tiled floor, stone and marble pillars and part marble-clad walls.
- He replaced the stone of the fireplace front with glossy white marble tiles.
- The floors were made from highly polished white marble that appeared to be as new as the day it had been set down.
- The floor was the same white marble, and a crystal chandelier hung from the slightly domed ceiling.
- Inside, they laid their burden down on a large slab of polished white marble that was set up in the center of the tomb.
- My feet were placed upon the white marble floor and I sighed yet again.
- Double doors lead to a sitting room with antique marble fireplace and polished timber floor.
- She walked through her kitchen and down the hall to the foyer, which was complete with white marble flooring and a crystal chandelier.
- Double doors to the right lead to a large drawing room with polished oak floor and marble fireplace.
- The two shower rooms and the main bathroom have white sanitary ware and either natural flagstone floor or white marble tiles.
1. 1.1 Used figuratively to refer to something with the smoothness, hardness, or colour of marble.
  大理石（用于明喻或比较中，形容具有大理石的品质，如光滑、坚硬或色泽）
  her shoulders were as white as marble
  她的双肩如同大理石那样白皙。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The sides of the pit were as smooth as marble and as durable as granite.
  A cold slab of marble had replaced a smooth hand he once saw.
  Translucent waves, coloured like green marble, arched for impact on crenulated rocks.
  As Dominic fell at his feet, his face became calm and smooth as marble again.
  It felt as smooth as marble and had the intense burning cold as ice.
  A waxed, oak desk stood in the back of the room and it was smooth to the touch, like marble.
  Her face was passive and as smooth as dead marble, but even from where he was standing, he could feel the sadness tugging at her eyes.
2. 1.2count noun A marble sculpture.
  大理石雕刻
  a pair of dramatic marbles showing dogs attacking a buck
  Example sentencesExamples
  The British government has remained steadfast in its refusal to return the marbles.
  What caused the marble to fall from the Supreme Court building?
  Of the outstanding figures of the period, Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, was the first to collect marbles seriously.
  Sciberras excels in his evaluation of evidence and in technical matters such as the precise identification of all the various marbles.
  Within that huge space, the marbles will be arrayed around the outside of a rectangular structure that is the same length and width as the Parthenon.
  Almost everywhere one can see the names and other writings which the visitors inscribe on the stones and marbles.
  When Greeks talk about their missing marbles, they are usually referring to Lord Elgin's souvenir-hunting around the Parthenon.
  Only the works of art, the durable white marbles, have outlasted antiquity to become part of the museum collections of modern Rome.
  The marbles of Franklin and Washington seem too sharply white when placed in the company of those which have not been in the hands of museums or the trade, such as the Antoine Louis referred to above.
  Echoing the pleas of the Greeks for the repatriation of the Elgin marbles, Egypt has appealed to the British Museum for the return of the Rosetta Stone.
  The outline of the field was clearly marked with a border of white marbles about four feet high.
  Fourth and fifth Century writers describe the richness of its marbles, mosaics, frescoes, and the silver manger replacing the original clay one.
2A small ball of coloured glass or similar material used as a toy.
（彩色玻璃等质料制成的）玩具弹子
Example sentencesExamples
- She and Benjamin weren't exactly working together; both were too eager to get the small marbles off the floor.
- It might have been brazen but it was the only way you could get things like cigarette cards back then, and cigarette cards, along with glass marbles, were staples of the small child's barter system.
- So he bought a jar and filled it with 1,000 marbles.
- He puts on his dressing gown, tearing one of its pockets in his haste, letting marbles scatter across the floor.
- They would like to ban possession of marbles, golf balls, batteries, as potentials for causing damage as projectiles.
- The game board tumbled to the ground and twenty red and yellow marbles rolled in various directions across the floor, beneath the bed, and under the dresser.
- She returned with her Chinese checkers board and sack of marbles and then proceeded to set the game up between them.
- They laid their marbles on the floor and played for an hour.
- She listened very closely as a hole in the table opened up and the marble fell out into Benny's hands.
- For Irving, I bought a one dollar sack of glass marbles.
- His early experiments involved catapulting marbles across a tub of water in his garden.
- One was playing with two glass marbles, rolling them from hand to hand, completely ignoring the unearthly commotion going on around him.
- The object of the game is to capture either 2 marbles of each color, or 3 white, 4 gray, or 5 black marbles.
- One contains 2 black marbles, another one contains 2 white marbles, and the third contains one black marble and one white one.
- That could mean anything from a child of three trying to balance on a big brother's skateboard at the top of a flight of stairs, to little children swallowing marbles or other small toys.
- Fill martini glasses with BBs or marbles, leaving 1/2 inch at the top of the glass.
- Drive-by vandals hurling rocks and marbles at glass shopfronts are forcing business owners to fear for their safety and bear the cost of thousands of dollars in repairs.
- The main thing I remember about that movie is that I think he threw marbles on the ground and the fellow fell over.
- In front of the chair, three black children were on their hands and knees playing some kind of game with marbles.
- His enigmatic assemblages glimmer with glitter, buttons, beads, marbles and plastic toys, bearing what appear to be images of mythic emperors and omniscient eyes.
1. 2.1marblestreated as singular A game in which marbles are rolled along the ground with the aim of hitting those of one's opponent.
  a couple of girls were playing marbles
  Example sentencesExamples
  Children play hide-and-seek, hopscotch, round dances, and marbles.
  She kept herself busy playing whip a top, hoopla, marbles, hopscotch, hide and seek and oranges and lemons.
  The children also took part in Victorian pastimes such as Throw the Horseshoe, a coconut shy, a tin can alley, marbles and hoop the duck.
  So time went by very fast, we were now playing outdoor games like tig, hide and seek and marbles or ‘Taws’, as we knew them.
  He devises a game of marbles, and sits with the child and plays.
  Pupils at Seend School did most of the organisation for the event themselves and thought of ideas for games, including a treasure hunt, marbles and lucky dips.
  As for the history: the game of marbles may be claimed by the ancient Romans, or perhaps in India five hundred years ago.
  For example, hard and even surfaces allow for children to play marbles or hopscotch, or to practice riding a scooter.
  Outdoor games like marbles, jacks, hopscotch not only occupy your kids, they will also strengthen coordination skills.
  Buzul-bazi is a game like marbles or dice, played with sheep's knucklebones.
  But as the years went by, Bishop noticed that her son, who loved to play marbles on the ground out back, always seemed to have infected sores on his knees.
  As she sat at the edge of his feet, failing to become amused from her silly game of marbles, she'd glance towards him every so often in hope that he might finally speak to her and prove that he wasn't quite so ill as she thought.
  Children play a game like marbles with cashew seeds.
  He liked to chase fire engines, lead parades and play marbles under the stands between innings of games.
  Or, out in the playground, compete in a game of conkers, marbles and - if you are up for it - hopscotch and skipping.
  He held up a game he was scheduled to pitch because he was playing marbles with children outside the park.
  Other traditional games such as skipping and marbles are also being brought back in other primary schools.
  These include tag, hide-and-seek, kite-flying, marbles, and spinning tops.
  Decades ago, children were always filled with immense pleasure when playing tag, marbles, jumping rubber bands or hopscotch.
  This has caused such a flurry in Tess's world of education that her school has now banned sledging, along with conkers, marbles, yo-yos and the sack race at school sports.
3one's marblesinformal One's mental faculties.
〈非正式〉理智
I thought she'd lost her marbles, asking a question like that
我认为，她问那样的问题是已经失去了理智。
Example sentencesExamples
- His friends thought it would be a laugh, but they never expected him to stay for almost a year and they start to wonder if he's lost his marbles.
- She's 81 years old, and up until yesterday I thought she still had all her marbles intact, I'm not so sure now.
- But as Nietzsche discovered, incessant philosophical thought can also damage one's marbles.
- There's no hope for him now because he's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy.
Synonyms
sanity, mind, mental faculties, mental health, soundness of mind

verb ˈmɑːb(ə)lˈmɑrbəl

[with object]

Stain or streak (something) so that it looks like marble.
使…显得斑驳，使…有大理石花纹
the stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen
矮石墙覆着斑驳的青苔和地衣。
Example sentencesExamples
- It looks good if you marble it instead of beating it in completely.
- They were also shown how to do paper marbling, wire sculptures with papier mâché, and collage.
- Its breath, coming as wind, swirls and marbles the planetary surface, changing the patterns of the clouds.
- The way that the effects people make the dummies look eerily life like is astonishing - everything from puncturing in real hair to marbling the skin is done.
- It opens with a borsch soup, a smooth and tangy beet broth served with a side of sour cream that melts into the bowl, marbling the intense purple colour.
- This nontraditional method of marbling to create designs on paper presents just enough challenge to expand their creative confidence.
- Aspen trees, green with their new spring leaves, marble the spruce forest.
Synonyms
dot, spot, mark, fleck, streak, speck, speckle, bespeckle, mottle, stipple

Phrases

pass in one's marble

informal Die.
I'm not going to pass in my marble just yet!
Example sentencesExamples
- "Speared right through the middle, he was. Didn't die till the next day, all tied up in a proper knot, he hurt so. Hideous way to pass in his marble, and here's all his mates making merry."
- What if I pass in my marble like this? A former athlete and tumbler.
- A decent way outback, you'll most likely come to country where even the 'Old Bloke' might just as well 'pass in his marble'.
- I feel ready to pass in my marble.

pick up one's marbles and go home

informal Withdraw petulantly from an activity after having suffered a setback.
he's now picking up his marbles and going home because his political career is in tatters
Example sentencesExamples
- And when he does not get his way threatens to pick up his marbles and go home.
- I would hope he would recognize that this is not an appropriate location, pick up his marbles and go home, but we've long since given up hope on that.

Derivatives

marbler

noun

In 1853, Charles Woolnough, an English marbler, published a book exposing the mysteries of marbling.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is part of a joint exhibition with the Painting Craft Teachers' Association and the wonderful pieces will be displayed alongside work by some of the country's best contemporary grainers and marblers.
- Its continued use was confined largely to the monumental brass trade which was controlled by the marblers ' guild until well into the 16th century.

marbly

adjective

Lifting one shoulder in a slight shrug, Eric watched the plump, juicy strawberries fall from his hand into the marbly mixture of ice and yoghurt and dried blood with a dim sort of fascination.
Example sentencesExamples
- When I think of those marbly black pebbles on our beach, it almost makes me hungry, for what they represent, that is.
- The two of them were in a small room made of some kind of marbly stone.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French (variant of marbre), from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros 'shining stone', associated with marmairein 'to shine'.

Marble goes back to Greek marmaros ‘shining stone’, a limestone used for building and sculpture. The small balls of the children's game have been called marbles since the late 17th century, though they are now mostly made of glass. In the game players take turns at shooting their own marble at marbles inside a ring, trying to knock other's marbles out of the ring to win them. Some players lose some or all of their marbles—the idea behind marbles as a term for someone's mental faculties.

Rhymes

barbel, garble

Definition of marble in US English:

marble

nounˈmärbəlˈmɑrbəl

1A hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with mottlings or streaks of color, that is capable of taking a polish and is used in sculpture and architecture.
大理石
Example sentencesExamples
- The floors were made from highly polished white marble that appeared to be as new as the day it had been set down.
- My feet were placed upon the white marble floor and I sighed yet again.
- Inside, they laid their burden down on a large slab of polished white marble that was set up in the center of the tomb.
- Below the glacier lies granite, seamed through with limestone and marble which the constant rush of meltwater has honeycombed with caves.
- Double doors lead to a sitting room with antique marble fireplace and polished timber floor.
- He replaced the stone of the fireplace front with glossy white marble tiles.
- All buildings were built of the same white stone, possibly limestone or marble.
- Most sculpture is carved in white marble and often is displayed in palaces and public buildings.
- He glanced around his master suite room; the floor was blue and white marble.
- Its highly polished surfaces were a pearl white marble with veins of soft grey.
- He has the kind of idealized face that's made to be observed in repose, like he was a painting or a sculpture in cool white marble or something.
- She had changed the design plans for her floor from black marble to white marble - they never saw it coming.
- Double doors to the right lead to a large drawing room with polished oak floor and marble fireplace.
- Pat and his staff also work with a number of quarries to allow them get limestone and marble directly at the most competitive price.
- The most handsome and timeless of materials is stone such as marble, granite, limestone, or slate.
- The floor was the same white marble, and a crystal chandelier hung from the slightly domed ceiling.
- Internally there is a mosaic tiled floor, stone and marble pillars and part marble-clad walls.
- The room was painted pearl white which happened to match the polished marble floor.
- The two shower rooms and the main bathroom have white sanitary ware and either natural flagstone floor or white marble tiles.
- She walked through her kitchen and down the hall to the foyer, which was complete with white marble flooring and a crystal chandelier.
1. 1.1 Used in similes and comparisons with reference to the smoothness, hardness, or color of marble.
  大理石（用于明喻或比较中，形容具有大理石的品质，如光滑、坚硬或色泽）
  her shoulders were as white as marble
  她的双肩如同大理石那样白皙。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A cold slab of marble had replaced a smooth hand he once saw.
  A waxed, oak desk stood in the back of the room and it was smooth to the touch, like marble.
  As Dominic fell at his feet, his face became calm and smooth as marble again.
  It felt as smooth as marble and had the intense burning cold as ice.
  Translucent waves, coloured like green marble, arched for impact on crenulated rocks.
  Her face was passive and as smooth as dead marble, but even from where he was standing, he could feel the sadness tugging at her eyes.
  The sides of the pit were as smooth as marble and as durable as granite.
2. 1.2 A marble sculpture.
  大理石雕刻
  Example sentencesExamples
  Fourth and fifth Century writers describe the richness of its marbles, mosaics, frescoes, and the silver manger replacing the original clay one.
  When Greeks talk about their missing marbles, they are usually referring to Lord Elgin's souvenir-hunting around the Parthenon.
  Echoing the pleas of the Greeks for the repatriation of the Elgin marbles, Egypt has appealed to the British Museum for the return of the Rosetta Stone.
  Only the works of art, the durable white marbles, have outlasted antiquity to become part of the museum collections of modern Rome.
  The British government has remained steadfast in its refusal to return the marbles.
  The outline of the field was clearly marked with a border of white marbles about four feet high.
  The marbles of Franklin and Washington seem too sharply white when placed in the company of those which have not been in the hands of museums or the trade, such as the Antoine Louis referred to above.
  Almost everywhere one can see the names and other writings which the visitors inscribe on the stones and marbles.
  Of the outstanding figures of the period, Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, was the first to collect marbles seriously.
  Sciberras excels in his evaluation of evidence and in technical matters such as the precise identification of all the various marbles.
  What caused the marble to fall from the Supreme Court building?
  Within that huge space, the marbles will be arrayed around the outside of a rectangular structure that is the same length and width as the Parthenon.
2A small ball of colored glass or similar material used as a toy.
（彩色玻璃等质料制成的）玩具弹子
Example sentencesExamples
- The game board tumbled to the ground and twenty red and yellow marbles rolled in various directions across the floor, beneath the bed, and under the dresser.
- They would like to ban possession of marbles, golf balls, batteries, as potentials for causing damage as projectiles.
- So he bought a jar and filled it with 1,000 marbles.
- For Irving, I bought a one dollar sack of glass marbles.
- In front of the chair, three black children were on their hands and knees playing some kind of game with marbles.
- Fill martini glasses with BBs or marbles, leaving 1/2 inch at the top of the glass.
- She and Benjamin weren't exactly working together; both were too eager to get the small marbles off the floor.
- They laid their marbles on the floor and played for an hour.
- One contains 2 black marbles, another one contains 2 white marbles, and the third contains one black marble and one white one.
- His early experiments involved catapulting marbles across a tub of water in his garden.
- The object of the game is to capture either 2 marbles of each color, or 3 white, 4 gray, or 5 black marbles.
- She listened very closely as a hole in the table opened up and the marble fell out into Benny's hands.
- It might have been brazen but it was the only way you could get things like cigarette cards back then, and cigarette cards, along with glass marbles, were staples of the small child's barter system.
- One was playing with two glass marbles, rolling them from hand to hand, completely ignoring the unearthly commotion going on around him.
- He puts on his dressing gown, tearing one of its pockets in his haste, letting marbles scatter across the floor.
- That could mean anything from a child of three trying to balance on a big brother's skateboard at the top of a flight of stairs, to little children swallowing marbles or other small toys.
- The main thing I remember about that movie is that I think he threw marbles on the ground and the fellow fell over.
- His enigmatic assemblages glimmer with glitter, buttons, beads, marbles and plastic toys, bearing what appear to be images of mythic emperors and omniscient eyes.
- She returned with her Chinese checkers board and sack of marbles and then proceeded to set the game up between them.
- Drive-by vandals hurling rocks and marbles at glass shopfronts are forcing business owners to fear for their safety and bear the cost of thousands of dollars in repairs.
1. 2.1marblestreated as singular A game in which small balls of colored glass are rolled along the ground.
  弹子游戏
  Example sentencesExamples
  For example, hard and even surfaces allow for children to play marbles or hopscotch, or to practice riding a scooter.
  He devises a game of marbles, and sits with the child and plays.
  As she sat at the edge of his feet, failing to become amused from her silly game of marbles, she'd glance towards him every so often in hope that he might finally speak to her and prove that he wasn't quite so ill as she thought.
  These include tag, hide-and-seek, kite-flying, marbles, and spinning tops.
  Buzul-bazi is a game like marbles or dice, played with sheep's knucklebones.
  Other traditional games such as skipping and marbles are also being brought back in other primary schools.
  Pupils at Seend School did most of the organisation for the event themselves and thought of ideas for games, including a treasure hunt, marbles and lucky dips.
  This has caused such a flurry in Tess's world of education that her school has now banned sledging, along with conkers, marbles, yo-yos and the sack race at school sports.
  Or, out in the playground, compete in a game of conkers, marbles and - if you are up for it - hopscotch and skipping.
  So time went by very fast, we were now playing outdoor games like tig, hide and seek and marbles or ‘Taws’, as we knew them.
  She kept herself busy playing whip a top, hoopla, marbles, hopscotch, hide and seek and oranges and lemons.
  Children play hide-and-seek, hopscotch, round dances, and marbles.
  Outdoor games like marbles, jacks, hopscotch not only occupy your kids, they will also strengthen coordination skills.
  Decades ago, children were always filled with immense pleasure when playing tag, marbles, jumping rubber bands or hopscotch.
  Children play a game like marbles with cashew seeds.
  He liked to chase fire engines, lead parades and play marbles under the stands between innings of games.
  The children also took part in Victorian pastimes such as Throw the Horseshoe, a coconut shy, a tin can alley, marbles and hoop the duck.
  But as the years went by, Bishop noticed that her son, who loved to play marbles on the ground out back, always seemed to have infected sores on his knees.
  He held up a game he was scheduled to pitch because he was playing marbles with children outside the park.
  As for the history: the game of marbles may be claimed by the ancient Romans, or perhaps in India five hundred years ago.
3one's marblesinformal One's mental faculties.
〈非正式〉理智
I thought she'd lost her marbles, asking a question like that
我认为，她问那样的问题是已经失去了理智。
Example sentencesExamples
- His friends thought it would be a laugh, but they never expected him to stay for almost a year and they start to wonder if he's lost his marbles.
- She's 81 years old, and up until yesterday I thought she still had all her marbles intact, I'm not so sure now.
- There's no hope for him now because he's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy.
- But as Nietzsche discovered, incessant philosophical thought can also damage one's marbles.
Synonyms
sanity, mind, mental faculties, mental health, soundness of mind

verbˈmärbəlˈmɑrbəl

[with object]

Stain or streak (something) so that it looks like variegated marble.
使…显得斑驳，使…有大理石花纹
the low stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen
矮石墙覆着斑驳的青苔和地衣。
Example sentencesExamples
- They were also shown how to do paper marbling, wire sculptures with papier mâché, and collage.
- Its breath, coming as wind, swirls and marbles the planetary surface, changing the patterns of the clouds.
- It opens with a borsch soup, a smooth and tangy beet broth served with a side of sour cream that melts into the bowl, marbling the intense purple colour.
- The way that the effects people make the dummies look eerily life like is astonishing - everything from puncturing in real hair to marbling the skin is done.
- This nontraditional method of marbling to create designs on paper presents just enough challenge to expand their creative confidence.
- It looks good if you marble it instead of beating it in completely.
- Aspen trees, green with their new spring leaves, marble the spruce forest.
Synonyms
dot, spot, mark, fleck, streak, speck, speckle, bespeckle, mottle, stipple

Phrases

pick up one's marbles and go home

informal Withdraw petulantly from an activity after having suffered a setback.
he doesn't have the guts to take a bad defeat, and is now picking up his marbles and going home
Example sentencesExamples
- I would hope he would recognize that this is not an appropriate location, pick up his marbles and go home, but we've long since given up hope on that.
- And when he does not get his way threatens to pick up his marbles and go home.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French (variant of marbre), from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros ‘shining stone’, associated with marmairein ‘to shine’.

词汇	marble
释义	Definition of marble in English: marble noun ˈmɑːb(ə)lˈmɑrbəl 1mass noun A hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with coloured mottlings or streaks, which may be polished and is used in sculpture and architecture. 大理石 the spotless white marble of the Taj Mahal as modifier a marble floor Example sentencesExamples He has the kind of idealized face that's made to be observed in repose, like he was a painting or a sculpture in cool white marble or something. He glanced around his master suite room; the floor was blue and white marble. The most handsome and timeless of materials is stone such as marble, granite, limestone, or slate. All buildings were built of the same white stone, possibly limestone or marble. The room was painted pearl white which happened to match the polished marble floor. Pat and his staff also work with a number of quarries to allow them get limestone and marble directly at the most competitive price. Below the glacier lies granite, seamed through with limestone and marble which the constant rush of meltwater has honeycombed with caves. She had changed the design plans for her floor from black marble to white marble - they never saw it coming. Its highly polished surfaces were a pearl white marble with veins of soft grey. Most sculpture is carved in white marble and often is displayed in palaces and public buildings. Internally there is a mosaic tiled floor, stone and marble pillars and part marble-clad walls. He replaced the stone of the fireplace front with glossy white marble tiles. The floors were made from highly polished white marble that appeared to be as new as the day it had been set down. The floor was the same white marble, and a crystal chandelier hung from the slightly domed ceiling. Inside, they laid their burden down on a large slab of polished white marble that was set up in the center of the tomb. My feet were placed upon the white marble floor and I sighed yet again. Double doors lead to a sitting room with antique marble fireplace and polished timber floor. She walked through her kitchen and down the hall to the foyer, which was complete with white marble flooring and a crystal chandelier. Double doors to the right lead to a large drawing room with polished oak floor and marble fireplace. The two shower rooms and the main bathroom have white sanitary ware and either natural flagstone floor or white marble tiles. 1.1 Used figuratively to refer to something with the smoothness, hardness, or colour of marble. 大理石（用于明喻或比较中，形容具有大理石的品质，如光滑、坚硬或色泽） her shoulders were as white as marble 她的双肩如同大理石那样白皙。 Example sentencesExamples The sides of the pit were as smooth as marble and as durable as granite. A cold slab of marble had replaced a smooth hand he once saw. Translucent waves, coloured like green marble, arched for impact on crenulated rocks. As Dominic fell at his feet, his face became calm and smooth as marble again. It felt as smooth as marble and had the intense burning cold as ice. A waxed, oak desk stood in the back of the room and it was smooth to the touch, like marble. Her face was passive and as smooth as dead marble, but even from where he was standing, he could feel the sadness tugging at her eyes. 1.2count noun A marble sculpture. 大理石雕刻 a pair of dramatic marbles showing dogs attacking a buck Example sentencesExamples The British government has remained steadfast in its refusal to return the marbles. What caused the marble to fall from the Supreme Court building? Of the outstanding figures of the period, Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, was the first to collect marbles seriously. Sciberras excels in his evaluation of evidence and in technical matters such as the precise identification of all the various marbles. Within that huge space, the marbles will be arrayed around the outside of a rectangular structure that is the same length and width as the Parthenon. Almost everywhere one can see the names and other writings which the visitors inscribe on the stones and marbles. When Greeks talk about their missing marbles, they are usually referring to Lord Elgin's souvenir-hunting around the Parthenon. Only the works of art, the durable white marbles, have outlasted antiquity to become part of the museum collections of modern Rome. The marbles of Franklin and Washington seem too sharply white when placed in the company of those which have not been in the hands of museums or the trade, such as the Antoine Louis referred to above. Echoing the pleas of the Greeks for the repatriation of the Elgin marbles, Egypt has appealed to the British Museum for the return of the Rosetta Stone. The outline of the field was clearly marked with a border of white marbles about four feet high. Fourth and fifth Century writers describe the richness of its marbles, mosaics, frescoes, and the silver manger replacing the original clay one. 2A small ball of coloured glass or similar material used as a toy. （彩色玻璃等质料制成的）玩具弹子 Example sentencesExamples She and Benjamin weren't exactly working together; both were too eager to get the small marbles off the floor. It might have been brazen but it was the only way you could get things like cigarette cards back then, and cigarette cards, along with glass marbles, were staples of the small child's barter system. So he bought a jar and filled it with 1,000 marbles. He puts on his dressing gown, tearing one of its pockets in his haste, letting marbles scatter across the floor. They would like to ban possession of marbles, golf balls, batteries, as potentials for causing damage as projectiles. The game board tumbled to the ground and twenty red and yellow marbles rolled in various directions across the floor, beneath the bed, and under the dresser. She returned with her Chinese checkers board and sack of marbles and then proceeded to set the game up between them. They laid their marbles on the floor and played for an hour. She listened very closely as a hole in the table opened up and the marble fell out into Benny's hands. For Irving, I bought a one dollar sack of glass marbles. His early experiments involved catapulting marbles across a tub of water in his garden. One was playing with two glass marbles, rolling them from hand to hand, completely ignoring the unearthly commotion going on around him. The object of the game is to capture either 2 marbles of each color, or 3 white, 4 gray, or 5 black marbles. One contains 2 black marbles, another one contains 2 white marbles, and the third contains one black marble and one white one. That could mean anything from a child of three trying to balance on a big brother's skateboard at the top of a flight of stairs, to little children swallowing marbles or other small toys. Fill martini glasses with BBs or marbles, leaving 1/2 inch at the top of the glass. Drive-by vandals hurling rocks and marbles at glass shopfronts are forcing business owners to fear for their safety and bear the cost of thousands of dollars in repairs. The main thing I remember about that movie is that I think he threw marbles on the ground and the fellow fell over. In front of the chair, three black children were on their hands and knees playing some kind of game with marbles. His enigmatic assemblages glimmer with glitter, buttons, beads, marbles and plastic toys, bearing what appear to be images of mythic emperors and omniscient eyes. 2.1marblestreated as singular A game in which marbles are rolled along the ground with the aim of hitting those of one's opponent. a couple of girls were playing marbles Example sentencesExamples Children play hide-and-seek, hopscotch, round dances, and marbles. She kept herself busy playing whip a top, hoopla, marbles, hopscotch, hide and seek and oranges and lemons. The children also took part in Victorian pastimes such as Throw the Horseshoe, a coconut shy, a tin can alley, marbles and hoop the duck. So time went by very fast, we were now playing outdoor games like tig, hide and seek and marbles or ‘Taws’, as we knew them. He devises a game of marbles, and sits with the child and plays. Pupils at Seend School did most of the organisation for the event themselves and thought of ideas for games, including a treasure hunt, marbles and lucky dips. As for the history: the game of marbles may be claimed by the ancient Romans, or perhaps in India five hundred years ago. For example, hard and even surfaces allow for children to play marbles or hopscotch, or to practice riding a scooter. Outdoor games like marbles, jacks, hopscotch not only occupy your kids, they will also strengthen coordination skills. Buzul-bazi is a game like marbles or dice, played with sheep's knucklebones. But as the years went by, Bishop noticed that her son, who loved to play marbles on the ground out back, always seemed to have infected sores on his knees. As she sat at the edge of his feet, failing to become amused from her silly game of marbles, she'd glance towards him every so often in hope that he might finally speak to her and prove that he wasn't quite so ill as she thought. Children play a game like marbles with cashew seeds. He liked to chase fire engines, lead parades and play marbles under the stands between innings of games. Or, out in the playground, compete in a game of conkers, marbles and - if you are up for it - hopscotch and skipping. He held up a game he was scheduled to pitch because he was playing marbles with children outside the park. Other traditional games such as skipping and marbles are also being brought back in other primary schools. These include tag, hide-and-seek, kite-flying, marbles, and spinning tops. Decades ago, children were always filled with immense pleasure when playing tag, marbles, jumping rubber bands or hopscotch. This has caused such a flurry in Tess's world of education that her school has now banned sledging, along with conkers, marbles, yo-yos and the sack race at school sports. 3one's marblesinformal One's mental faculties. 〈非正式〉理智 I thought she'd lost her marbles, asking a question like that 我认为，她问那样的问题是已经失去了理智。 Example sentencesExamples His friends thought it would be a laugh, but they never expected him to stay for almost a year and they start to wonder if he's lost his marbles. She's 81 years old, and up until yesterday I thought she still had all her marbles intact, I'm not so sure now. But as Nietzsche discovered, incessant philosophical thought can also damage one's marbles. There's no hope for him now because he's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy. Synonyms sanity, mind, mental faculties, mental health, soundness of mind verb ˈmɑːb(ə)lˈmɑrbəl [with object] Stain or streak (something) so that it looks like marble. 使…显得斑驳，使…有大理石花纹 the stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen 矮石墙覆着斑驳的青苔和地衣。 Example sentencesExamples It looks good if you marble it instead of beating it in completely. They were also shown how to do paper marbling, wire sculptures with papier mâché, and collage. Its breath, coming as wind, swirls and marbles the planetary surface, changing the patterns of the clouds. The way that the effects people make the dummies look eerily life like is astonishing - everything from puncturing in real hair to marbling the skin is done. It opens with a borsch soup, a smooth and tangy beet broth served with a side of sour cream that melts into the bowl, marbling the intense purple colour. This nontraditional method of marbling to create designs on paper presents just enough challenge to expand their creative confidence. Aspen trees, green with their new spring leaves, marble the spruce forest. Synonyms dot, spot, mark, fleck, streak, speck, speckle, bespeckle, mottle, stipple Phrases pass in one's marble informal Die. I'm not going to pass in my marble just yet! Example sentencesExamples "Speared right through the middle, he was. Didn't die till the next day, all tied up in a proper knot, he hurt so. Hideous way to pass in his marble, and here's all his mates making merry." What if I pass in my marble like this? A former athlete and tumbler. A decent way outback, you'll most likely come to country where even the 'Old Bloke' might just as well 'pass in his marble'. I feel ready to pass in my marble. pick up one's marbles and go home informal Withdraw petulantly from an activity after having suffered a setback. he's now picking up his marbles and going home because his political career is in tatters Example sentencesExamples And when he does not get his way threatens to pick up his marbles and go home. I would hope he would recognize that this is not an appropriate location, pick up his marbles and go home, but we've long since given up hope on that. Derivatives marbler noun In 1853, Charles Woolnough, an English marbler, published a book exposing the mysteries of marbling. Example sentencesExamples It is part of a joint exhibition with the Painting Craft Teachers' Association and the wonderful pieces will be displayed alongside work by some of the country's best contemporary grainers and marblers. Its continued use was confined largely to the monumental brass trade which was controlled by the marblers ' guild until well into the 16th century. marbly adjective Lifting one shoulder in a slight shrug, Eric watched the plump, juicy strawberries fall from his hand into the marbly mixture of ice and yoghurt and dried blood with a dim sort of fascination. Example sentencesExamples When I think of those marbly black pebbles on our beach, it almost makes me hungry, for what they represent, that is. The two of them were in a small room made of some kind of marbly stone. Origin Middle English: via Old French (variant of marbre), from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros 'shining stone', associated with marmairein 'to shine'. Marble goes back to Greek marmaros ‘shining stone’, a limestone used for building and sculpture. The small balls of the children's game have been called marbles since the late 17th century, though they are now mostly made of glass. In the game players take turns at shooting their own marble at marbles inside a ring, trying to knock other's marbles out of the ring to win them. Some players lose some or all of their marbles—the idea behind marbles as a term for someone's mental faculties. Rhymes barbel, garble noun.1 phr. Definition of marble in US English: marble nounˈmärbəlˈmɑrbəl 1A hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with mottlings or streaks of color, that is capable of taking a polish and is used in sculpture and architecture. 大理石 Example sentencesExamples The floors were made from highly polished white marble that appeared to be as new as the day it had been set down. My feet were placed upon the white marble floor and I sighed yet again. Inside, they laid their burden down on a large slab of polished white marble that was set up in the center of the tomb. Below the glacier lies granite, seamed through with limestone and marble which the constant rush of meltwater has honeycombed with caves. Double doors lead to a sitting room with antique marble fireplace and polished timber floor. He replaced the stone of the fireplace front with glossy white marble tiles. All buildings were built of the same white stone, possibly limestone or marble. Most sculpture is carved in white marble and often is displayed in palaces and public buildings. He glanced around his master suite room; the floor was blue and white marble. Its highly polished surfaces were a pearl white marble with veins of soft grey. He has the kind of idealized face that's made to be observed in repose, like he was a painting or a sculpture in cool white marble or something. She had changed the design plans for her floor from black marble to white marble - they never saw it coming. Double doors to the right lead to a large drawing room with polished oak floor and marble fireplace. Pat and his staff also work with a number of quarries to allow them get limestone and marble directly at the most competitive price. The most handsome and timeless of materials is stone such as marble, granite, limestone, or slate. The floor was the same white marble, and a crystal chandelier hung from the slightly domed ceiling. Internally there is a mosaic tiled floor, stone and marble pillars and part marble-clad walls. The room was painted pearl white which happened to match the polished marble floor. The two shower rooms and the main bathroom have white sanitary ware and either natural flagstone floor or white marble tiles. She walked through her kitchen and down the hall to the foyer, which was complete with white marble flooring and a crystal chandelier. 1.1 Used in similes and comparisons with reference to the smoothness, hardness, or color of marble. 大理石（用于明喻或比较中，形容具有大理石的品质，如光滑、坚硬或色泽） her shoulders were as white as marble 她的双肩如同大理石那样白皙。 Example sentencesExamples A cold slab of marble had replaced a smooth hand he once saw. A waxed, oak desk stood in the back of the room and it was smooth to the touch, like marble. As Dominic fell at his feet, his face became calm and smooth as marble again. It felt as smooth as marble and had the intense burning cold as ice. Translucent waves, coloured like green marble, arched for impact on crenulated rocks. Her face was passive and as smooth as dead marble, but even from where he was standing, he could feel the sadness tugging at her eyes. The sides of the pit were as smooth as marble and as durable as granite. 1.2 A marble sculpture. 大理石雕刻 Example sentencesExamples Fourth and fifth Century writers describe the richness of its marbles, mosaics, frescoes, and the silver manger replacing the original clay one. When Greeks talk about their missing marbles, they are usually referring to Lord Elgin's souvenir-hunting around the Parthenon. Echoing the pleas of the Greeks for the repatriation of the Elgin marbles, Egypt has appealed to the British Museum for the return of the Rosetta Stone. Only the works of art, the durable white marbles, have outlasted antiquity to become part of the museum collections of modern Rome. The British government has remained steadfast in its refusal to return the marbles. The outline of the field was clearly marked with a border of white marbles about four feet high. The marbles of Franklin and Washington seem too sharply white when placed in the company of those which have not been in the hands of museums or the trade, such as the Antoine Louis referred to above. Almost everywhere one can see the names and other writings which the visitors inscribe on the stones and marbles. Of the outstanding figures of the period, Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, was the first to collect marbles seriously. Sciberras excels in his evaluation of evidence and in technical matters such as the precise identification of all the various marbles. What caused the marble to fall from the Supreme Court building? Within that huge space, the marbles will be arrayed around the outside of a rectangular structure that is the same length and width as the Parthenon. 2A small ball of colored glass or similar material used as a toy. （彩色玻璃等质料制成的）玩具弹子 Example sentencesExamples The game board tumbled to the ground and twenty red and yellow marbles rolled in various directions across the floor, beneath the bed, and under the dresser. They would like to ban possession of marbles, golf balls, batteries, as potentials for causing damage as projectiles. So he bought a jar and filled it with 1,000 marbles. For Irving, I bought a one dollar sack of glass marbles. In front of the chair, three black children were on their hands and knees playing some kind of game with marbles. Fill martini glasses with BBs or marbles, leaving 1/2 inch at the top of the glass. She and Benjamin weren't exactly working together; both were too eager to get the small marbles off the floor. They laid their marbles on the floor and played for an hour. One contains 2 black marbles, another one contains 2 white marbles, and the third contains one black marble and one white one. His early experiments involved catapulting marbles across a tub of water in his garden. The object of the game is to capture either 2 marbles of each color, or 3 white, 4 gray, or 5 black marbles. She listened very closely as a hole in the table opened up and the marble fell out into Benny's hands. It might have been brazen but it was the only way you could get things like cigarette cards back then, and cigarette cards, along with glass marbles, were staples of the small child's barter system. One was playing with two glass marbles, rolling them from hand to hand, completely ignoring the unearthly commotion going on around him. He puts on his dressing gown, tearing one of its pockets in his haste, letting marbles scatter across the floor. That could mean anything from a child of three trying to balance on a big brother's skateboard at the top of a flight of stairs, to little children swallowing marbles or other small toys. The main thing I remember about that movie is that I think he threw marbles on the ground and the fellow fell over. His enigmatic assemblages glimmer with glitter, buttons, beads, marbles and plastic toys, bearing what appear to be images of mythic emperors and omniscient eyes. She returned with her Chinese checkers board and sack of marbles and then proceeded to set the game up between them. Drive-by vandals hurling rocks and marbles at glass shopfronts are forcing business owners to fear for their safety and bear the cost of thousands of dollars in repairs. 2.1marblestreated as singular A game in which small balls of colored glass are rolled along the ground. 弹子游戏 Example sentencesExamples For example, hard and even surfaces allow for children to play marbles or hopscotch, or to practice riding a scooter. He devises a game of marbles, and sits with the child and plays. As she sat at the edge of his feet, failing to become amused from her silly game of marbles, she'd glance towards him every so often in hope that he might finally speak to her and prove that he wasn't quite so ill as she thought. These include tag, hide-and-seek, kite-flying, marbles, and spinning tops. Buzul-bazi is a game like marbles or dice, played with sheep's knucklebones. Other traditional games such as skipping and marbles are also being brought back in other primary schools. Pupils at Seend School did most of the organisation for the event themselves and thought of ideas for games, including a treasure hunt, marbles and lucky dips. This has caused such a flurry in Tess's world of education that her school has now banned sledging, along with conkers, marbles, yo-yos and the sack race at school sports. Or, out in the playground, compete in a game of conkers, marbles and - if you are up for it - hopscotch and skipping. So time went by very fast, we were now playing outdoor games like tig, hide and seek and marbles or ‘Taws’, as we knew them. She kept herself busy playing whip a top, hoopla, marbles, hopscotch, hide and seek and oranges and lemons. Children play hide-and-seek, hopscotch, round dances, and marbles. Outdoor games like marbles, jacks, hopscotch not only occupy your kids, they will also strengthen coordination skills. Decades ago, children were always filled with immense pleasure when playing tag, marbles, jumping rubber bands or hopscotch. Children play a game like marbles with cashew seeds. He liked to chase fire engines, lead parades and play marbles under the stands between innings of games. The children also took part in Victorian pastimes such as Throw the Horseshoe, a coconut shy, a tin can alley, marbles and hoop the duck. But as the years went by, Bishop noticed that her son, who loved to play marbles on the ground out back, always seemed to have infected sores on his knees. He held up a game he was scheduled to pitch because he was playing marbles with children outside the park. As for the history: the game of marbles may be claimed by the ancient Romans, or perhaps in India five hundred years ago. 3one's marblesinformal One's mental faculties. 〈非正式〉理智 I thought she'd lost her marbles, asking a question like that 我认为，她问那样的问题是已经失去了理智。 Example sentencesExamples His friends thought it would be a laugh, but they never expected him to stay for almost a year and they start to wonder if he's lost his marbles. She's 81 years old, and up until yesterday I thought she still had all her marbles intact, I'm not so sure now. There's no hope for him now because he's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy. But as Nietzsche discovered, incessant philosophical thought can also damage one's marbles. Synonyms sanity, mind, mental faculties, mental health, soundness of mind verbˈmärbəlˈmɑrbəl [with object] Stain or streak (something) so that it looks like variegated marble. 使…显得斑驳，使…有大理石花纹 the low stone walls were marbled with moss and lichen 矮石墙覆着斑驳的青苔和地衣。 Example sentencesExamples They were also shown how to do paper marbling, wire sculptures with papier mâché, and collage. Its breath, coming as wind, swirls and marbles the planetary surface, changing the patterns of the clouds. It opens with a borsch soup, a smooth and tangy beet broth served with a side of sour cream that melts into the bowl, marbling the intense purple colour. The way that the effects people make the dummies look eerily life like is astonishing - everything from puncturing in real hair to marbling the skin is done. This nontraditional method of marbling to create designs on paper presents just enough challenge to expand their creative confidence. It looks good if you marble it instead of beating it in completely. Aspen trees, green with their new spring leaves, marble the spruce forest. Synonyms dot, spot, mark, fleck, streak, speck, speckle, bespeckle, mottle, stipple Phrases pick up one's marbles and go home informal Withdraw petulantly from an activity after having suffered a setback. he doesn't have the guts to take a bad defeat, and is now picking up his marbles and going home Example sentencesExamples I would hope he would recognize that this is not an appropriate location, pick up his marbles and go home, but we've long since given up hope on that. And when he does not get his way threatens to pick up his marbles and go home. Origin Middle English: via Old French (variant of marbre), from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros ‘shining stone’, associated with marmairein ‘to shine’. noun.1 phr.
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