- [uncountable]
a type of hard stone that is usually white and often has coloured lines in it. It can be polished (= made smooth and shiny by rubbing) and is used in building and for making statues, etc. 大理石 a slab/block of marble 一块大理石板 a marble floor/sculpture 大理石地板／雕刻 a statue of Cupid carved in black marble 用黑色大理石雕成的丘比特像 sculptures in polished white marble 用打磨过的白色大理石刻出的雕像
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cold
- cool
- coloured/colored
- …
- block
- slab
- carve
- carve something from/in
- make something from/in/of/out of
- …
- quarry
- floor
- pillar
- …
- in marble
- [countable]
a small ball of coloured glass that children roll along the ground in a game （玻璃）弹子 - marbles[uncountable]
a game played with marbles 弹子游戏 - marbles[plural] (informal)
a way of referring to somebody’s intelligence or mental ability 理智；智力
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French (variant of marbre), from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros ‘shining stone’, associated with marmairein ‘to shine’.