“象牙”英語(yǔ)怎么說

“象牙”英語(yǔ)怎么說

　　名詞解釋：象牙狹義地說是雄性的象的獠牙。往往被加工成藝術(shù)品、首飾或珠寶。此外它還被加工為臺(tái)球和鋼琴鍵，是一種非常昂貴的原材料。 你知道怎么用英語(yǔ)表達(dá)嗎?

　　Poachers have killed one of the world's largest elephants – a famed great tusker named Satao – in Tsavo East National Park in Kenya.

　　"There is no doubt that Satao is dead, killed by an ivory poacher's poisoned arrow to feed the insatiable demand for ivory," Mr Moller said, who is from Tsavo Trust.

　　Because of a soaring demand for ivory in a number of Asian nations, poaching is highly prevalent in Africa. According to a report published on Friday, more than 20,000 African elephants were poached last year.

　　在肯尼亞東察沃國(guó)家公園，偷獵者殺死了一頭世界上最大的大象——著名的長(zhǎng)牙大象薩陶(Satao)。

　　來自察沃基金會(huì)的莫勒說：“毫無疑問，薩陶死了，被象牙偷獵者的毒箭給害死了，就僅僅是為了滿足對(duì)象牙貪得無厭的需求。”

　　由于一些亞洲國(guó)家對(duì)象牙的需求急劇增加，這就使得偷獵在非洲地區(qū)極為盛行。據(jù)周五公布的報(bào)告顯示，去年，有2萬(wàn)多頭大象被獵殺。

　　【講解】

　　文中的ivory用作名詞，意為“象牙;象牙制品”，如：She has some jewelry made of ivory.(她有一些象牙首飾。);ivory也可以用作形容詞，意為“象牙制的;乳白色的”，如：small ivory flowers(乳白色的小花);此外，人們經(jīng)常把脫離現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的小天地稱為“象牙塔”，即為ivory tower。

　　文中的poaching解釋為“偷獵”，其動(dòng)詞形式是poach，“偷獵者”則為poacher，如：Many national parks set up to provide a refuge for wildlife are regularly invaded by poachers.(很多旨在為野生動(dòng)物提供庇護(hù)的國(guó)家公園經(jīng)常受到偷獵者的入侵。)