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HTML
<span class="select">
<select>
<option>A</option>
<option>B</option>
</select>
</span>
CSS
body{
background:#eef;
font-family:sans-serif;
}
.select{
display:inline-block;
background-color:#fff;
border-radius:.5em;
border:.1rem solid #000;
color:#013;
width:8em;
height:1.5em;
vertical-align:middle;
position:relative;
}
.select:after{
position:absolute;
bottom:.15em;top:.15em;right:.5rem;
content:'\2193';
}
select{
-webkit-appearance:none;
-moz-appearance:none;
appearance:none;
font:inherit;
border:none;
background-color:transparent;
color:inherit;
width:100%;
height:100%;
padding:0 .5em;
}