Alabaster

(noun.) a very light white.

(noun.) a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving.

(noun.) a hard compact kind of calcite.

(adj.) of or resembling alabaster; 'alabaster statue' .

校对:瓦珥

• A background and entourage and flooring of deepest crimson threw her out, white like alabaster--like silver: rather, be it said, like Death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I think I hear it cry with an articulate voice; I call you up from the cabin; I show you an image, fair as alabaster, emerging from the dim wave. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Great alabaster groups occupied every flat surface, safe from dust under their glass shades. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Red porphyry --verde antique--jasper--oriental agate--alabaster--mother-of-pearl --chalcedony--red coral--lapis lazuli! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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