ebony

• adj.黒檀、黒檀; 木のような、黒檀色
• n. 黒檀、黒檀
• n. （黒檀の）人名; （英）Ebony.

ラテン語のebenus、黒檀から。

ebony

ebony: [15] Ebony is ultimately of Semitic origin. The Greeks took it from some Middle Eastern source, perhaps Egyptian hbnj, and turned it into ébenos. This made its way via Latin ebenus, later ebanus, and Old French eban into English. At first English simply used the French form (which as ebon survived into modern times as an archaism), but from the 16th century forms ending in -y began to supersede it.

ebony (n.)

dark, hard wood favored for carving, musical instruments, etc., 1590s, perhaps an extended form of Middle English ebon, or from hebenyf (late 14c.), perhaps a Middle English misreading of Latin hebeninus "of ebony," from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos "ebony," probably from Egyptian hbnj or another Semitic source. Figurative use to suggest intense blackness is from 1620s. As an adjective, "of ebony, made of ebony," from 1590s; in reference to skin color of Africans, by 1813. French ébène, Old High German ebenus (German Ebenholz) are from Latin ebenus.

1. He had rich，soft ebony hair.

彼は濃密で柔らかい黒髪をしている。

2.The straight white part in her ebony hair seemed to divide the back of her head in half.

彼女の真っ黒な髪の中には、彼女の後頭部を2つに分けるような真っ直ぐな白い切れ目がある。

3.Inside the ebony case was a magnificent silver casket，about twelve inches square by eight high.

この黒檀箱の中には、12寸四方、8寸の高さの精巧で美しい銀箱がある。

4.This a cross between a white mosaic and an ebony .

これは白色の花の葉の間と烏木にまたがっている。

5.A queen sat at her window and embroidered on an ebony frame.

窓際に座って黒檀の枠に刺繍をしている皇后がいた。