marmoreal
adjective formal uk/mɑːˈmɔː.ri.əl/ us/mɑːrˈmɔːr.i.əl/
大理石制成的;大理石一般的
made of or looking similar to marble (= a type of very hard rock with a pattern of lines through it that can be polished to become smooth and shiny )
The marmoreal splendour of the Glasgow City Chambers was a fine setting for the lecture. 格拉斯哥市政厅大理石般的宏伟壮丽是演讲的绝佳场景。
In some photographs taken near the end of his life, he looks marmoreal - a statue of himself. 在他生命将近终点时拍摄的一些照片中，他看起来如同大理石一般——一尊他自己的雕像。
过分严肃的;无精打采的，缺乏热情的
too serious and lacking in movement, energy, or enthusiasm
She seems pulsingly alive in a way that the grand, marmoreal singers sometimes did not. 她看起来活力四射，不像那些高高在上、过分严肃的歌手。
As an actor, he's always been wooden, but here he's marmoreal. 作为演员，他一直很木讷;但在这里，他又无精打采。
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- We expect to be awed by the sheer size and marmoreal magnificence of David, the Sistine Chapel, the dome of St. Peter's in Rome.
- The play is staged like a dream, with a series of figures taking turns to sit brooding above the action, outlined in a marmoreal light.
- His overall approach is more warm and flowing than marmoreal, the 17-minute Adagio paced so that it never drags.