英和和英

名詞

ivoryware (uncountable)

1. Articles made from ivory.
   • 1926 May, “Store Success Linked With Display: Craving Inspired by Goods Appealingly Presented Contributes Heavily to Volume of Average Establishment”, in The Display World, volume VIII, number 5, page 25, column 1:

     What girl can resist an elaborate array of toiletries or the seductive qualities of ivoryware?

   • 1964, Harvey S[tuart] Olson, Olson’s Orient Guide, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →LCCN, page 349:

     Merchandise which needs a Certificate of Origin to be permitted to be brought into the States includes: hardwood manufacture including furniture (which, incidentally, is a terrific bargain in Hong Kong), ivoryware, jade jewelry and unset jade stones, silk piece goods and silk garments, linen and cotton embroidered articles including handkerchiefs, blouses, tablecloths, Swatow work, and Chinese rugs made in Hong Kong.

   • 1994, B. A. Litvinsky, “Cities and urban life in the Kushan kingdom”, in János Harmatta, B. N. Puri, and G. F. Etemadi, editors, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, volume II (The development of sedentary かつ nomadic civilizations: 700 B.C. to A.D. 250), UNESCO Publishing, published 1996, →ISBN, page 312:

     Articles imported from the Indian provinces included ivoryware, precious stones, jewellery and other ornamental objects.