释义 |
tannish, a.|ˈtænɪʃ| [f. tan a. + -ish1.] Somewhat tan-coloured.
1935J. T. Farrell Judgment Day xiii. 287 He glanced at a squat fellow in a crimson jersey and tannish knickers. 1947D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 53 It [sc. the calf] had Rosy's colouring, only at the ends the hair deepened into the Jersey's tannish black. 1961M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited (1963) iii. 40 We ambled into..a tiny Saxon church. Of tannish stone..it was thick-set..and sheltering. 1965Amer. Philos. Q. II. 320/2 A deep olive green..would be more beautiful..against a tannish pink. |