| 释义 |
‖ surma, soorma E. Ind.|ˈsʊəmə|
Also [7 surmee,] 9 -meh, -mè, soorma, -ee.
[a. Urdū = Pers. surma(h).]
A black powder consisting of sulphide of antimony or of lead, used by Indian women for staining the eyebrows and eyelids.
[1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 56 They [sc. Turkish women] paint their Eye-brows and Eye-lids with a blackish colour, which they call Surmee. ]1819T. Hope Anastasius (1820) II. iii. 59 A pair of eyes..were not deemed to possess all their requisite powers, until framed in two black cases of surmeh. 1820T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. ix. 255 Their eyebrows..tinged with surmè. 1837Royle Antiq. Hindoo Med. 100 With it [sc. sulphuret of antimony], I believe, is frequently confounded the sulphuret of lead, which, in Northern India, is called soormee..and used as a substitute for the former. 1896Month May 33 Henna for her nails, kohl and soorma for her eyes. 191319th Cent. May 996 Shams-ud-Din blackened the edges of my eyelids with surma (antimony). |