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词汇 sable
释义 sable
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈseɪ.bəl/ us /ˈseɪ.bəl/

sablenoun[C or U] (ANIMAL)


a small animal with thick, warm fur, or the fur of this animal used for making clothes and artists' brushes: 紫貂,黑貂;紫貂皮
Pelts in demand were sable, mink, chinchilla and silver fox.
a $150,000 sable coat
 
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The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
ala
baleen
bristle
bristly
coated
cowhide
dander
downy
feather
fleece
furry
mane
plumule
seashell
spine
spinneret
spiny
vibrissa
whalebone
whiskery

sablenoun[C or U] (COLOUR)


literary
a dark brown or black colour: 非常深的颜色;黑色
The usual colours range from light grey through intermediate shadings to sable and black.
 
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Black, white & grey
blackness
coaly
dove grey
dusty
ebony
gray
greyish
greyly
greyness
gunmetal grey
inky
jet black
lily-white
pearl
pearly
pitch darkness
pitchy
snow white
sombrely
sooty
sable
adjective
uk /ˈseɪ.bəl/ us /ˈseɪ.bəl/
literary
having a dark brown or black colour: 颜色非常深的;黑色的
I could see his long dark sable hair.
Night drew its long sable curtains around her.
[ after noun ]
used to describe something on a coat of arms(= a special shield or shield-shaped pattern that is the sign of a family, university, or city) that is black :
The shield features a lion rampant sable.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Black, white & grey
blackness
coaly
dove grey
dusty
ebony
gray
greyish
greyly
greyness
gunmetal grey
inky
jet black
lily-white
pearl
pearly
pitch darkness
pitchy
snow white
sombrely
sooty

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Specific signs and symbols
sablé
noun[ C ]
(alsosable)uk /ˈsæb.leɪ/ us /ˈsæb.leɪ/
a type of biscuit, originally from France, made with butter, sugar, eggs, and flour: 沙布列,(法式)黄油小酥饼
Grilled notes of chocolate and hazelnut come through in every bite and the consistency is a fine crumbliness unlike that of any sable I know.每咬一口,都充满了巧克力和榛子的烤香,而且口感细腻酥脆,跟我所知道的任何一种沙布列的味道都不同。
Not only was it extremely easy to make, but it also turned out light and crisp, very much like a sablé.不仅极容易做,而且做出来又轻又脆,非常像沙布列。
 
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Sable cookies - these delicate, crumbly cookies hail from France and are delicious plain or sandwiched with jam.
She served rich chocolate mousse atop a buttery sable biscuit.
These classic Breton cookies are called sablés, which refers to their sandy texture, due to a high proportion of butter (and egg yolks) in them.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Biscuits
amaretto
animal cracker
Anzac biscuit
baked goods
bannock
cream cracker
crispbread
crumb
custard cream
digestive
millionaire's shortbread
misshape
oatcake
oyster cracker
pastry
shortcake
snickerdoodle
soda cracker
sponge finger
sports bar

sable | American Dictionary


sable
noun[ C ]
us/ˈseɪ·bəl/pluralsables or sable
a small animal from cold regions that has very soft, dark brown fur, or the fur of this animal used esp. to make expensive coats

Examples of sable


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Sables are known to live in the piedmont forest region of the reserve.
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Sables can interbreed with pine martens.
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Sable and eland present in limited numbers, no buffalo.
Sable, waterbuck, buffalo and elephant country.
Everyone is agreed that that is absolutely indispen- sable.
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Do we not go from pale and pink down to dark and sable?
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He went to the coalface to batter at the grimy rock, and he thought of all those pampered ones sleeping in what he described as the "midnight sable gloom".
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Eland, sable and roan antelopes are found in large numbers, and its marshy lakes have a large population of hippos and crocodiles.
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Their coat is long and either flat or slightly wavy, and ranges from fawn to dark sable and light to dark grey.
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Even more expensive are red sable brushes (weasel hair).
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A mask is visible in conjunction with a variety of coat patterns, such as tan points and sable.
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Such mammals as wild boar, wolf, wild cat, badger, sable, fox, etc. populate this reserve.
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She just doesn't know how she can be seen if she isn't wearing a new sable coat.
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The coat of arms of the district is "gules, an annulet sable" a black ring on a red background.
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Wildlife includes wild goats, bears, lynx and sable.
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