The gardener informed Camaralzaman that they were quite a year's land journey to any Mahomedan country, but that there was a much shorter route by sea to the Ebony Island, from whence the Isles of the Children of Khaledan could be easily reached, and that a ship sailed once a year for the Ebony Island by which he might get so far as his very home.英文原著 · 《The Arabian Nights》
The pulpit is of rosewood, inlaid with ivory and ebony, and in what is called the "haikal-screen" there are some fine specimens of carved ebony.英文原著 · 《The Spell of Egypt》
"Croizeau spoke with a coach-builder's admiration of the sumptuous furniture provided by the amorous Denisart as a setting for his fair one, describing it all in detail with diabolical complacency for Antonia's benefit," continued Desroches. "The ebony chests inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold wire, the Brussels carpets, a mediaeval bedstead worth three thousand francs, a Boule clock, candelabra in the four corners of the dining-room, silk curtains, on which Chinese patience had wrought pictures of birds, and hangings over the doors, worth more than the portress that opened them.英文原著 · 《A Man of Business》
The precious Cup swayed on its ebony stand, the boy's hands, rudely withdrawn, almost overthrowing it. But the little man's first impulse, cursing and screaming though he was, was to steady it. "'M'Adam's Wull'! I wish he was here to teach ye, ye snod-faced, ox-limbed profleegit!" he cried, standing in front of the Cup, his eyes blazing. "Ay, 'WAdam's Wull'! And why not 'M'Adam's Wull'? Ha' ye ony objection to the name?"
"I didn't know yo' was theer," said David, a thought sheepishly. "Na; or ye'd not ha' said it."
"I'd ha' thought it, though," muttered the boy.英文原著 · 《Bob Son of Battle》
"In the third shelf from the top, on the right-hand side of the
ebony book-case at home."英文原著 · 《Books and Bookmen》
Instantly she seized the old woman's only earthenware plate, smashed it up, and there she was dancing the /Romalis/, and making the bits of broken crockery rattle as well as if they had been ebony and ivory castanets. That girl was good company, I can tell you! Evening fell, and I heard the drums beating tattoo. " 'I must get back to quarters for roll-call,' I said. " 'To quarters!' she answered, with a look of scorn. 'Are you a negro slave, to let yourself be driven with a ramrod like that! You are as silly as a canary bird. Your dress suits your nature.* Pshaw!英文原著 · 《Carmen》
You know, the karaoke thing? Tracy and I doing "Ebony and lvory"?美剧 · 《Friends》
Oh, my God, you can do a duet of "Ebony and lvory" all by yourself.美剧 · 《Friends》