alabaster

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The walls were of white alabaster, set here and there with blue and green tiles.
白色雪花石膏的墙壁，到处贴着蓝色绿色的瓷砖。
Beyond the cliffs, the land lay in great gashes, the results of erosion and alabaster mines old and new.
在悬崖之外，大地显示出处处伤痕，到处都是新的老的侵蚀和雪花石膏开采矿留下的痕迹。
This building is still occupied by the descendants of Giuseppe Viti (1816-60), a merchant who travelled the world selling Volterra's most famous commodity – alabaster.
现在这幢建筑仍然被朱塞佩-维提（1816-60）的后裔所拥有，朱塞佩-维提是环游世界出售沃尔泰拉最著名的商品——雪花石膏——的商人。

Think about that. All this, Comus explains : Nay Lady, sit; if I but wave this wand, Your nerves are all chained up in Alabaster, And you a statue; or as Daphne was, Root-bound that fled Apollo.
试想一下，所以这一切，Comus解释到：,小姐，坐，但如果我挥舞这个棒子，你的所有神经都束缚在这个大理岩上了，你是一尊雕像，或像月桂树那样，被绑在根上逃往阿波罗。
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Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments.