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单词 mahogany
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mahogany
noun[U]
uk
/məˈhɒɡ.ən.i/us
/məˈhɑː.ɡən.i/

mahoganynoun[U](WOOD)

adarkred-brownwoodused to makefurniture:
（做家具的）红木，桃花心木
ahandsomemahoganydesk美观大方的红木书桌
Mahogany is one of the mostvaluablecabinetwoods.
picture of mahogany
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Types of wood
  • balsa wood
  • beech
  • boxwood
  • cedar
  • deal
  • dyewood
  • Eastern white pine
  • fir
  • knotty
  • maple
  • matchwood
  • mulga
  • pine
  • plywood
  • redwood
  • softwood
  • spruce
  • teak
  • timber
  • walnut
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mahoganynoun[U](COLOUR)

adarkred-browncolour:
Thecolourwas arich,deepmahogany.
Put thesugarandwateron amediumheattobubbleuntil itchangesto arichmahoganycolour.
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Less common colours
  • amethyst
  • apple green
  • argent
  • ashy
  • avocado
  • bisque
  • blue-black
  • claret
  • coppery
  • dun
  • earth tone
  • emerald
  • peach
  • puce
  • saffron
  • sapphire
  • sepia
  • sky blue
  • tangerine
  • taupe
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mahogany
adjective
uk
/məˈhɒɡ.ən.i/us/məˈhɑː.ɡən.i/
of adarkred-browncolour:
He hadacquiredadeepmahoganytan.
Sheremovedherhat, andshiningmahoganyhairflowedto hershouldersin astreamofcurls.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Less common colours
  • amethyst
  • apple green
  • argent
  • ashy
  • avocado
  • bisque
  • blue-black
  • claret
  • coppery
  • dun
  • earth tone
  • emerald
  • peach
  • puce
  • saffron
  • sapphire
  • sepia
  • sky blue
  • tangerine
  • taupe
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(Definition ofmahoganyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
mahogany
noun[U]
uk
/məˈhɒɡ.ən.i/us
/məˈhɑː.ɡən.i/
adarkred-brownwoodused to makefurniture
（做家具的）红木，桃花心木
ahandsomemahoganydesk美观大方的红木书桌

mahogany| American Dictionary

mahogany
noun[U]
us
/məˈhɑ·ɡə·ni/
atypeoftreethatgrowsinhotregionsof theearth, oritsdark, red-brownwoodusedesp. to makefurniture:
a mahoganychestofdrawers
(Definition ofmahoganyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmahogany

mahogany
The eye contains amahogany-red + pigment and potentially bears a pattern of vertical stripes with one horizontal stripe above.
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The centrepiece of the room was a longmahoganytable.
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Mahoganyvalues are, however, significant at all rates.
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Formahogany, this ratio is approximately 0.62 at 2 per cent discounting and only reduced to 0.34 at the 4 per cent rate.
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The nine toilets in self-contained rooms withmahoganywood paneling complete the design.
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Nonetheless, for the case ofmahoganyalone, depreciation is more prone to reflecting depletion costs.
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Formahoganyalone we obtain substantially higher values.
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These results suggest thatmahoganyexploitation is being undertaken in a mining process and scarcity is reflected in market transactions.
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For both total timber stocks and stocks of justmahogany, they find that the net-price estimates greatly exceed the user-cost estimates under all assumptions.
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A maximum of six species (mahoganywas the most common) were extracted at a density of 1-4 stems per ha.
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They used to be craft objects made ofmahogany, but nowadays can be made of plastic.
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As will be seen,mahoganyprices are far higher than any other timber variety.
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If exploitation of species are treated separately, each species user costs, as those estimated formahogany, should be separately measured and then added up.
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As can be observed from table 2, as increases the user cost becomes larger formahoganyrelative to all timber.
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The stripes aremahogany-red+ on a pale ground.
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