名詞 ebony:

1. a very dark black
   同義詞：coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
2. hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
3. tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
   同義詞：ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum

形容詞 ebony:

1. of a very dark black
   同義詞：ebon

1. Ebony is a hard black wood.
   黑檀樹(shù)是一種黑色而堅(jiān)硬的樹(shù)木。

eb.on.y

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 eb.on.ies
A tropical tree(Diospyros ebenum) of southern Asia, having hard, dark-colored heartwood.
烏木樹(shù)：一種生長(zhǎng)于南亞的熱帶樹(shù)木（烏木 柿樹(shù)屬） ，木質(zhì)堅(jiān)硬，呈深黑色
The wood of this tree, used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.
烏木：這種樹(shù)木的木頭，用以制造木屋或鋼琴鍵
The color black; ebon.
烏黑色；烏木制的
adj.（形容詞）
Made of or suggesting ebony.
烏木的：烏木制成的或使人聯(lián)想到烏木的
Black in color.
黑色

來(lái)源：
Probably from Middle English hebenyf [ebony wood]
可能源自 中古英語(yǔ) hebenyf [烏木]
from alteration of Late Latin ebeninus [of ebony]
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) ebeninus的變化 [烏樹(shù)的]
from Greek ebeninos
源自 希臘語(yǔ) ebeninos
from ebenos [ebony tree]
源自 ebenos [烏木樹(shù)]
from Egyptian h-b-ny
源自 埃及語(yǔ) h-b-ny