词汇 | ermine |
释义 | ermine noun[ U ] uk /ˈɜː.mɪn/ us /ˈɝː.mɪn/ expensive white fur with black spots that is the winter fur of the stoat (= a small mammal) and is used to decorate formal clothes worn by kings, queens, judges, etc.(用于君主、法官等服饰中的)白鼬毛皮 George Marks/Retrofile RF/GettyImages The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals ala baleen bristle bristly coated cowhide dander downy feather fleece mane plumule sable seashell spine spinneret vibrissa whalebone whiskery wishbone Examples of ermineermine Yesterday, we were meandering somewhat nostalgically through the centuries in an atmosphere of ermine and old lace, as it were. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have grown comfortably accustomed to the ermine-edged quirks of the other place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I take strong exception to people, sitting on their ermine and mink, telling me that my miners are bully boys, blackmailers and such things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was at that lunch that the return to work was effectively negotiated—the first settlement ever achieved in ermine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think "ermine euthanasia" is a better alternative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they attracted by the ermine and the title, rather than by a desire to serve their country? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Or is it not included because they have created the biggest demand in history for ermine? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They don their parliamentary robes, all covered with ermine, or, if that is too expensive, with rabbit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, we were contemplating bringing some of the ermine and old lace into this place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some people say it is not ermine now; it is rabbit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they cannot get ordinary broadcloth, why cannot they dress themselves in ermine? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is out with ermine and in with straitjackets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The right image for him is not to wrap himself in the ermine of hereditary peers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When one comes here one takes part in ceremony and is clothed in ermine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that those "bovver boys" in ermine spend as much time on this measure as they spent on the measure to nationalise the aircraft and shipbuilding industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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