- [countable]
a small animal from northern Asia with dark yellow-brown fur 紫貂；黑貂 - [uncountable]
the skin and fur of the sable, used for making expensive coats and artists’ brushes 貂皮，貂毛（可制作名贵大衣或画笔）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, in the sense ‘sable fur’, from medieval Latin sabelum, of Slavic origin.