Artists' brushes are sometimes made of sable. 画家的画笔有的是用貂毛制的。
A sable is a small animal with beautiful dark fur. 黑貂是长有美丽黑色软毛的小动物。
I was silly to get out in the cold without my sable coat. 我真傻, 大冷天没穿我那紫貂皮大衣就出门了。
A dog may be lightly sabled, with just a scattering of black-tipped hairs over the withers, to one who is so heavily sabled that from a distance he almost appears black. 犬的毛色可能是浅貂色,肩部的毛发梢为黑色成散射状分布,而深貂色的几乎成黑色。