a marten with a short tail and dark brown fur, native to Japan and Siberia and valued for its fur 紫貂,黑貂
Martes zibellina, family Mustelidae 拉丁名Martes zibellina,鼬科 ■[mass noun]the fur of the sable 紫貂皮;貂皮
语源
late Middle English: from Old French, in the sense 'sable fur', from medieval Latin sabelum, of Slavic origin
sable2 [ˈseɪb(ə)l] adjective
(poetic/literary or Heraldry)black (诗/文 纹章)黑色的
noun
[mass noun](poetic/literary or Heraldry)black (诗/文 纹章)黑色 ■(sables)(archaic)mourning garments (古)丧服
(亦作 sable antelope)a large African antelope with long curved horns, the male of which has a black coat and the female a russet coat, both having a white belly 貂羚
Hippotragus niger, family Bovidae 拉丁名Hippotragus niger,牛科
sabled adjective sably adverb 语源
Middle English: from Old French (as a heraldic term), generally taken to be identical with sable, although sable fur is dark brown